Acapotain,capatain,copotain,copintank orsteeple hat is a tall-crowned, narrow-brimmed, slightlyconical "sugarloaf" hat, usually black, worn by men and women from the 1590s into the mid-seventeenth century inEngland and northwesternEurope. Earlier capotains had rounded crowns; later, the crown was flat at the top.
The capotain is especially associated withPuritan costume in England in the years leading up to theEnglish Civil War and during the years of theCommonwealth. It is also commonly called aflat-topped hat and aPilgrim hat, the latter for its association with thePilgrims who settledPlymouth Colony in the 1620s. Contrary to popular myth, capotains never included buckles on the front of them;[1] this image was created in the 19th century.[2]
It has been theorised that the capotain inspired thetop hat.
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