Main Entry: fools·cap

Variant(s): also fool's cap \ˈfülz-ˌkap\

Function: noun

Date: 1602

1 : a cap or hood usually with bells worn by jesters
2 : a conical cap for slow or lazy students
3 usually foolscap [from the watermark of a foolscap formerly applied to such paper] : a size of paper formerly standard in Great Britain; broadly : a piece of writing paper

[foolscap illustration]