Meaning & use
Mutch
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A close-fitting linen cap, historically worn by women and children in Scotland and northern England.
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In the old photograph, her grandmother wore a white mutch tied neatly under her chin.
The museum's costume exhibit included a linen mutch dating from the early 1800s.
A note on using this word
Mutch survives mainly in Scots dialect and in historical or literary writing about traditional dress.
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