mozzetta

US: (mō zet′ə; It. môt tset′tä)

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

moz•zet•ta  (mō zet′ə; It. môt tset′tä), n., pl. -tas, [It.] moz•zet•te (môt tset′te). n., pl. -tas, [It.] moz•zet•te 

1. Religion a short cape that covers the shoulders and can be buttoned over the breast, and to which a hood is attached, worn by the pope and by cardinals, bishops, abbots, and other dignitaries.

Also, mo•zet′ta. 

• Italian, aphetic variant of almozzetta, equivalent. to almozz(a) (compare Medieval Latin almutia amice²) + -etta -ette
• 1765–75