# What do you call this type of head covering? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 30, 2015, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-type-of-head-covering/726573 "2015-07-30T13:17:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-type-of-head-covering/726573/1 "2015-07-30T13:17:35Z")
[Item in question](https://sp.yimg.com/ib/th?id=JN.LYmVKh6oOpNnb5mZR%2fO4Bg&pid=15.1&P=0) I’d like to make a poll for this but I want as many names as possible for folks to choose from. What do you call it? ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-type-of-head-covering/726573/2 "2015-07-30T13:19:57Z")
Toque. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-type-of-head-covering/726573/3 "2015-07-30T13:28:14Z")
Watchcap ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-type-of-head-covering/726573/4 "2015-07-30T13:29:45Z")
Watchcap. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-type-of-head-covering/726573/5 "2015-07-30T13:33:20Z")
Wooly hat. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-type-of-head-covering/726573/6 "2015-07-30T13:38:10Z")
Where I grew up it was a [toboggan](http://www.redheart.com/free-patterns/knit-toboggan-hat) but I fear that may be a regional name for it. Did you ever hear it called a toboggan? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-type-of-head-covering/726573/7 "2015-07-30T13:38:18Z")
I’d just call it a knitted cap. But why, why does this _have_ to result in yet another poll? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-type-of-head-covering/726573/8 "2015-07-30T13:40:02Z")
Toboggan. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-type-of-head-covering/726573/9 "2015-07-30T13:40:08Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I’d just call it a knitted cap. But why, why does this _have_ to result in yet another poll? Because I want to! ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-type-of-head-covering/726573/10 "2015-07-30T13:50:09Z")
A hat. No, seriously, I would just call it a hat. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-type-of-head-covering/726573/11 "2015-07-30T13:55:41Z")
Beanie ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-type-of-head-covering/726573/12 "2015-07-30T13:56:07Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > Watchcap. Me three. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-type-of-head-covering/726573/13 "2015-07-30T14:00:46Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > > > I’d just call it a knitted cap. But why, why does this _have_ to result in yet another poll? > > Because I want to! OK, but if you insist on a poll, I’ll insist on the obligatory link to the [Wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knit_cap), which says, “Other names for a knit cap include: sock hat, knit hat, knit cap, sock cap, stocking cap, tossel cap, ski hat, toboggan (Southern American English), burglar beanie, watch cap (American English), woolly hat, snookie, sugan, or chook.” They also mention tuque and sherpa. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-type-of-head-covering/726573/14 "2015-07-30T14:03:24Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > OK, but if you insist on a poll, I’ll insist on the obligatory link to the [Wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knit_cap), which says, “Other names for a knit cap include: sock hat, knit hat, knit cap, sock cap, stocking cap, tossel cap, ski hat, toboggan (Southern American English), burglar beanie, watch cap (American English), woolly hat, snookie, sugan, or chook.” They also mention tuque and sherpa. There you go! That’s what I was hoping for. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-type-of-head-covering/726573/15 "2015-07-30T14:34:09Z")
> [@MoonMoon](#): > > A hat. > > No, seriously, I would just call it a hat. Me too. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-type-of-head-covering/726573/16 "2015-07-30T14:58:11Z")
Wrong. It’s a [tuque](https://www.google.com/search?q=tuque&espv=2&biw=1261&bih=598&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAWoVChMI1KjS0o6DxwIVBSweCh1cbwmx). ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-type-of-head-covering/726573/17 "2015-07-30T15:00:37Z")
> [@MoonMoon](#): > > A hat. > > No, seriously, I would just call it a hat. Likewise ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-type-of-head-covering/726573/18 "2015-07-30T15:01:06Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Toboggan. Amen! At least two of us! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-type-of-head-covering/726573/19 "2015-07-30T15:46:33Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > Toque. > [@QuickSilver](#): > > Wrong. > > It’s a [tuque](https://www.google.com/search?q=tuque&espv=2&biw=1261&bih=598&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAWoVChMI1KjS0o6DxwIVBSweCh1cbwmx). Yep, a tuque/toque. Pronounced “chook”. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-type-of-head-covering/726573/20 "2015-07-30T15:49:37Z")
If it had a pompom on top and was of a somewhat coarser knit, it would _definitely_ be a touque. As it is, I hesitate between ‘touque’ and ‘knitted hat’. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-type-of-head-covering/726573.md?page=2)