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 jesters2: a conical cap for slow or lazy students3usually 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]