The full academical costume of a university student, tutor, or master, worn at lectures, examinations, and after “hall” (dinner).
“Is it a cap and gown affair?”—C. Bede: Verdant Green.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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