/zooh ket"oh/ ; It. /tsoohk ket"taw/ , n. , pl. zucchettos , It. zucchetti /-tee/ .
a small, round skullcap worn by Roman Catholic ecclesiastics, a priest's being black, a bishop's violet, a cardinal's red, and the pope's white; calotte.
[ 1850-55; zucchetta, dim. of zucca gourd, head, perh.
tjukka gourd ]