Black Cap, the cap worn by English judges as a part of full dress, and so put on by them when a prisoner is condemned to death.
Black Cap
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 198
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Black Cap, the cap worn by English judges as a part of full dress, and so put on by them when a prisoner is condemned to death.