elsinore n also elsanor, elsinor, elson. A cap, often made of leather, with ear flaps; also attrib
   1904 MURPHY (ed) 52 "The Low-backed Car": My cap was the Elson—my coat plainly made. 1913 Christmas Post 12 The fisherman wanted a macintosh instead of his old oil skins, and a cloth cap instead of the old elsinore. 1929 BURKE [171] "Vote for Bride McGinnis": But in the fall and winter / She must wear an Elsanor. 1933 GREENLEAF 238 The elsinor cap was the common headgear of the Newfoundland boy. It is shaped like a teamster's cap, with a string around the bottom to protect the neck and ears. T 58/64-64 I had a skin cap, what they call an elsinore. They were leather and there was flaps come down and a string come down, tied under your chin.

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