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| bandbox |
a usu. cylindrical box of cardboard or thin wood, used to hold a hat or other clothing items. |
| beanie |
a small, colorful skull cap or brimless hat. |
| beaver1 |
a hat made from beaver fur. [1/3 definitions] |
| block |
a mold on which a thing, esp. a hat, is shaped or displayed. [1/19 definitions] |
| bloomer1 |
an outfit formerly worn by girls and women consisting of billowy trousers, gathered at the ankle and worn under a skirt and often with a jacket and wide-brimmed hat. [1/3 definitions] |
| bluebonnet |
a broad blue woolen hat, formerly worn in Scotland. [1/3 definitions] |
| bonnet |
a traditional women's cloth hat with a brim and fastened beneath the chin with ribbons, now worn primarily by infants. [1/6 definitions] |
| bowler2 |
a derby hat. |
| brim |
a flat or projecting edge, as of a hat. [1/4 definitions] |
| busby |
a tall hat made of fur and worn by certain British soldiers. |
| castor1 |
a beaver fur or rabbit fur hat. [1/2 definitions] |
| chapeau |
a hat. |
| cloche |
a woman's close-fitting, bell-shaped hat. [1/2 definitions] |
| cockade |
a rosette or knot of ribbon worn esp. on a hat as a badge of rank, office, or the like. |
| cocked hat |
a man's hat with a wide brim turned up in two or three flaps toward a pointed crown. |
| crown |
the highest part of something, such as a head, a mountain, an arch, or a hat. [1/21 definitions] |
| derby |
a hard hat made of felt with a round top and a curved, narrow brim; bowler. [1/3 definitions] |
| doff |
to tip or remove (one's hat) in greeting or acknowledgment. [1/3 definitions] |
| drum kit |
a set of percussion instruments arranged for convenient playing by a drummer in a band, the basic set of which usu. includes a bass drum, a tom-tom, a snare drum, a high-hat, and a crash cymbal, also called a drum set. |
| fedora |
a hat of soft felt, with a curled brim that can be turned up or down and a lengthwise crease in the crown. |
| hatband |
a band of cloth placed around the crown of a hat, just above the brim. |
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