the.com/shower cap
The dome that keeps your hair dry while you make every adult decision in the steam.
means A close-fitting waterproof cap worn over the hair to keep it dry while bathing or showering.
from A transparent compound of "shower" and "cap." "Shower" traces to Old English "scūr," a fall of rain (related to German "Schauer"); "cap" descends through Old English "cæppe" from Late Latin "cappa," a hood or covering — the same root that gave us "cape" and "chapel." The thing itself only made sense once indoor showers became common in the 19th and 20th centuries, so the term is a fairly modern marriage of two very old words.
- hospital hero
- Surgical caps share the same lineage and germ logic
- trapped heat
- Doubles as a deep-conditioning sauna for hair
- hotel rite
- The amenity nobody packs but everybody steals
- shower thoughts
- Buys you time to ponder under elastic protection