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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 869 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ENGLISH

English name for a military See also:

head-See also:

DRESS (from the Fr. dresser, to set out, arrange, formed from Lat. directus, arranged, dirigere, to direct, arrange)

dress of See also:

FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur. Possibly the See also:

ORIGINAL

original sense of a " busby See also:

WIG (short for " periwig," an alternative form of " peruke," Fr. perruque; cf. Span. peluca; conjecturally derived from Lat. pilus)

wig " came from association with Dr Busby of See also:

Westminster; but it is also derived from " buzz," in the phrase " buzz wig." In its first Hungarian See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form the military busby was a cylindrical fur cap, having a " bag " of coloured See also:

CLOTH

cloth See also:

HANGING

hanging from the See also:

TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top; the end of this bag was attached to the right See also:

SHOULDER (in O.E. sculder, cognate with Ger. Schulter, Dutch schouder, Swed. skuldra, &c; the root is unknown)

shoulder as a See also:

defence against See also:

SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

sword-cuts. In See also:

GREAT

Great See also:

BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain " busbies " are of two kinds: (a) the See also:

HUSSAR

hussar busby, cylindrical in shape, with a bag; this is worn by hussars and the Royal See also:

HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

Horse See also:

ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

Artillery; (b) the See also:

RIFLE

rifle busby, a folding cap of astrachan, in shape somewhat resembling a " Glengarry " but taller. Both have straight plumes in the front of the head-dress. The word " busby " is also used colloquially to denote the tall See also:

bear-and-See also:

raccoon-skin " caps " worn by See also:

FOOT

foot-See also:

GUARDS, AND HOUSEHOLD TROOPS

guards and fusiliers, and the full dress See also:

FEATHER (0. Eng. (ether, Ger. Feder, from an Indo-European root seen also in Gr. lrrepov, and aEreo-Oat, to fly)

feather See also:

bonnet of Highland See also:

INFANTRY

infantry. Cylindrical busbies were formerly worn by the artillery See also:

ENGINEERS, MILITARY

engineers and rifles, but these are now obsolete in the See also:

REGULAR

regular See also:

army, though still worn by some territorial and colonial troops of these arms.

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