"dust cap" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dust caps [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dust cap (plural dust caps)
  1. Something worn to protect one from dust; a cover placed over something to keep off dust. Categories (topical): Headwear
    Sense id: en-dust_cap-en-noun-qOy8FfFh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening:",
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