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CAP OF MAINTENANCE

In heraldry, the cap of maintenance or chapeau is a velvet cap, usually crimson in colour, with a broad ermine brim or an ermine turned-up flap ending in two points at the back. The cap of maintenance is used in England only by peers and in Scotland only by feudal barons.
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