- (formerly, in Scotland)
a close-fitting linen cap worn by women and children
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mutch
(much),USA pronunciation n. [Brit. Dial.]
- Clothing, British Termsa close-fitting linen or muslin cap, as worn by elderly women or babies.
- Middle Dutch mutse; cognate with German Mütze cap. See amice2
- late Middle English (dialect, dialectal) much 1425–75
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