# What is the name for this kind of cap? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 17, 2003, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-for-this-kind-of-cap/175944 "2003-05-17T20:45:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-for-this-kind-of-cap/175944/1 "2003-05-17T20:45:20Z")
Is there a name for this kind of cap? [Roy Underhill on _The Woodright’s Shop_](http://www.pbs.org/wws/program/pgallery00.html) ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-for-this-kind-of-cap/175944/2 "2003-05-17T20:58:19Z")
methinks that it is a greek fisherman’s cap. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-for-this-kind-of-cap/175944/3 "2003-05-17T22:24:23Z")
I always thought of it as a cabbie hat. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-for-this-kind-of-cap/175944/4 "2003-05-17T22:35:01Z")
I think it’s too wide and floppy to be a Greek Fisherman. I believe it’s called a newsboy cap. Also called an 8-panel cap, it’s sewn together out of wedge-shaped pieces. In parts of the US, it was popular a few years back among black men. I didn’t know that until I bought one. I’m a paleface, and I took a little ribbing when I wore it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-for-this-kind-of-cap/175944/5 "2003-05-17T22:35:52Z")
I suspect someone is going to suggest it is a flat cap as worn by northern types such as [Fred Dibnah](http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/celebs/dibnah.jpg) - it isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-for-this-kind-of-cap/175944/6 "2003-05-17T22:51:45Z")
The [Greek Fisherman cap](http://www.hatvantage.com/greek.html) does not usually have the button or snap that holds the crown down to the brim. With a somewhat smaller crown, it might be an [Ivy cap](http://www.krafthat.com/khm/ivycaps.htm), (sometimes called a Driving cap). With a larger, floppy crown, it might be a [Gatsby or Apple or Newsboy cap](http://mariposa.yosemite.net/bwear/). This outfit calls them [Eight Panel caps and Ivy caps](http://stores.pilotonline.com/menshats/caps.html) (the former, presumably from the construction). ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-for-this-kind-of-cap/175944/7 "2003-05-17T22:54:08Z")
[http://www.hatsandthat.com/shopping/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=16&cat=Mens%2BHats](http://www.hatsandthat.com/shopping/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=16&cat=Mens%2BHats) Looks like just a regular tweed cap (common in the UK) to me. Different styles can be found at the link above. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-for-this-kind-of-cap/175944/8 "2003-05-17T22:56:11Z")
[http://stores.pilotonline.com/menshats/Caps.html](http://stores.pilotonline.com/menshats/Caps.html) (Corrected link to Eight-panel and Ivy caps. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-for-this-kind-of-cap/175944/9 "2003-05-17T22:56:25Z")
See? ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-for-this-kind-of-cap/175944/10 "2003-05-17T22:58:04Z")
[http://www.harristweedshop.com/tweed-caps.html](http://www.harristweedshop.com/tweed-caps.html) try this tweed cap outlet ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-for-this-kind-of-cap/175944/11 "2003-05-17T23:06:43Z")
Looks like an [Andy Capp cap](http://www.comics.com/creators/andycapp/archive/andycapp-20030512.html) to me. ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-for-this-kind-of-cap/175944/12 "2003-05-17T23:26:14Z")
I was thinking when the OP said “kind of cap” in more general terms. I knew I should’ve stayed out of this one. Tweed caps are not quite the style in these parts. Kinda like all cowboy hats are not alike. Sorry 'bout that. After looking a bit closer, I can see that “style” of tweed cap is more like the 8 panel that **Tom~** mentioned. Hey, we’re all a little ignorant 'bout something, from time to time. Thanks for the education. 🙂