hunting cap

Woodsman's warm headwear

A hunting cap is a close-fitting cap with a short visor and earflaps that can be folded up or down.

Traditionally worn for outdoor pursuits, it became associated with rural or working-class dress.

The style gained literary fame as Holden Caulfield's signature accessory in *The Catcher in the Rye*: He turned his red hunting cap around and wore it backwards.

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G