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BUSBY

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 869 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BUSBY  , the

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English name for a military head-dress of fur . Possibly the
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original sense of a " busby wig " came from association with Dr Busby of Westminster; but it is also derived from " buzz," in the phrase " buzz wig." In its first Hungarian form the military busby was a cylindrical fur cap, having a " bag " of coloured
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cloth
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hanging from the top; the end of this bag was attached to the right shoulder as a defence against sword-cuts . In
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Great Britain " busbies " are of two kinds: (a) the
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hussar busby, cylindrical in shape, with a bag; this is worn by hussars and the Royal Horse Artillery; (b) the
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rifle busby, a folding cap of astrachan, in shape somewhat resembling a " Glengarry " but taller . Both have straight plumes in the front of the head-dress . The word " busby " is also used colloquially to denote the tall bear-and-raccoon-skin " caps " worn by
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foot-guards and fusiliers, and the full dress feather bonnet of Highland
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infantry . Cylindrical busbies were formerly worn by the artillery engineers and rifles, but these are now obsolete in the
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regular army, though still worn by some territorial and colonial troops of these arms .

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