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Mortarboard   Listen
noun
mortar board, mortarboard  n.  
1.
A small square board with a handle beneath, for holding mortar; a hawk; used by masons to hold or carry mortar.
2.
An academic cap topped by broad, projecting, stiff and flat square top, with a tassel attached to the top and hanging down. It was once worn by students in some colleges, but is now worn usually only at graduation ceremonies.





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... wear the traditional student's gown and mortarboard cap to classes. Professors wore floppy caps and similar gowns with indications of their rank on the sleeves, Doctor, Master or Batchelor. This garb dates from the Middle Ages, but is now only seen at Graduation Day and special university occasions, ...
— Tom Brown at Oxford • Thomas Hughes


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