somewhat ill or prone to illness; "my poor ailing grandmother"; "feeling a bit indisposed today"; "you look a little peaked"; "feeling poorly"; "a sickly child"; "is unwell and can't come to work"
A peaked cap has a pointed or rounded part that sticks out above your eyes. a man in a blue-grey uniform and peaked cap. looking pale and ill British Equivalent: peaky. a peaked cap or hat has a flat curved part at the front above the eyes