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plural busbies or busbys
A fur hat, usually with a plume in the front, worn by certain members of the military or brass bands. quotations examples
[…] many Khorassanis wearing huge sheepskin busbies, similar to the head-gear of the Roumanians and Tabreez Turks of Ovahjik and the Perso-Turkish border.
1887, Thomas Stevens, chapter IV, in Around the World on a Bicycle, Vol. II: From Teheran to Yokohama, London: Sampson Low […] , pages 71–72
They were a fine lot of fellows, in their pale blue, tight-fitting jackets, jaunty busbys and white riding breeches with the double yellow stripe […]
1895, Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow
His head was shaped like a busby, a high solid arrogant rock, covered with thick moss.
1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, page 54