And on his head was a four-cornered cap, the points of which projected.

On 20 January 1920 a detachment of Polish soldiers in greatcoats and four-cornered caps waded out knee-deep in the icy Baltic.

A third boy, wearing a tattered four-cornered cap and a set of handmade necklaces threaded with small bones, darted toward Jean with a stiletto drawn back in his right hand.

The school uniform comprises of a burgundy four-cornered Cap, a cream Blouse, a burgundy Skirt for Seniors and a burgundy Pinafore for Juniors, white Socks, and brown Shoes.

Her night-coloured braids, threaded with red and silver ribbons, hung in a mane beneath a wide four-cornered cap, and despite the heat she wore a weather-stained brown frock coat, lined along the insides with brilliant gold silk.

Khodzhi Mansur Jalilzodekh is the head of the madresseh, the religious school of Dushanbe's main mosque, which is filled all day, these days, with men in the traditional four-cornered cap designed to ward off evil, and women with their hair, legs and arms covered.