ダンスキャップ

noun

dunce cap; fool's cap

A conical paper hat historically placed on the head of a slow or misbehaving student as a punishment. The term is a direct loan from English, and the concept is understood in Japan primarily through Western cultural references.

• 昔むかしの学がっ校こうでは、いたずらをした生せい徒とにダンスキャップをかぶせる罰ばつがあった。

  In old schools, there was a punishment of making a misbehaving student wear a dunce cap.