Close-fitting conical cap worn as a symbol of liberty during the French Revolution and in the U.S. before 1800 WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

The Phrygian cap or liberty cap is a soft conical cap with the apex bent over, associated in antiquity with several peoples in Eastern Europe and Anatolia, including the Persians, the Medes and the Scythians, as well as in the Balkans, Dacia, Thrace and in Phrygia, where the name originated. Wikipedia

Once characteristic of the region Wikipedia Disambiguation

Soft conical cap with the top pulled forward Wikidata

A soft, close-fitting cap represented in Greek and Roman art as worn by Orientals, assumed to have been conical in shape, with the top bent forward. Wiktionary

Conical close-fitting cap with the top bent forward. Wiktionary (translation)

A brimless felt cap, such as the Phrygian cap or pileus, emblematic of a slave's manumission in the ancient world. Wiktionary