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Noun: dunce's cap
  1. A cone-shaped paper hat formerly placed on the head of slow or lazy pupils
    - dunce cap [N. Amer], fool's cap

Derived forms: dunce's caps

Type of: chapeau, hat, lid [informal]

Encyclopedia: Dunce's cap

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