Capstring

Quick meaning: Capstring is a noun meaning (usually in the plural) A string that fastens a cap on the wearer's head.

Meaning

(usually in the plural) A string that fastens a cap on the wearer's head.

Example Sentences

By this well-managed ruse he came into possession of a scarlet breast-knot from Mrs. Dashwood; a black crape capstring from Mrs. Faithful; a smelling bottle from Juliet; and a pencil-case from Blanche[…]

He had scarcely finished the sentence when the door opened, and in rushed Toppin's wife, making such havoc of her capstrings, which she pulled and twisted in her excitement, that one might have been induced to suppose they were anything but minor objects of her wrath.

Word Forms

• capstrings

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hatstring, bonnetstring, capeline, headcap, cappeline, capelline.

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