HAT
ADJECTIVES
1721 ► UNCOCKED of a hat: not cocked or turned up
1792 ► TILED hatted; wearing a hat → sl.
1841 ► BROAD-LEAFED of a hat: having a broad rim
1850 ► VENTILATORY of a hat: provided with ventilation
1864 ► CASTORIAL pert. to a hat → jocular usage
NOUNS
1290 ► HURE a cap → obs.
1501 ► HATTOCK a little hat → Sc. obs.
1530 ► NAB-CHEAT → NAB CHETE → NABCHETT a hat or cap → UK criminals’ sl. obs.
1538 ► MARABAS BONNET a large flat cap → Sc. obs.
1545 ► TARF the turn or facing of a cap → obs.
1552 ► HEAD-PIECE any covering for the head; a cap, a kerchief
L16 ► BONGRACE a broad-brimmed hat → arch. & Eng. dial.
E17 ► NABE a hat → UK criminals’ sl.
1611 ► NEB the peak of a cap or bonnet
1614 ► POKE a projecting brim or front of a hat or bonnet; the peak of a cap → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1640 ► CASTOR a hat, orig. either of beaver’s fur, or intended to be taken as such; at the end of the 17th century and beginning of the 18th century said to be of rabbit’s fur, and usually spelt ‘caster’ → colloq.
1673 ► NAB a hat → sl. obs.
1681 ► PANASH a plume worn in the hat → Sc. obs.
1698 ► HAT-SHAKER a standing piece of furniture for hats to be hung on; a hat-stand → obs.
L17 ► QUEER NAB a cheap, shabby hat; hence, one that is not worth stealing → UK criminals’ sl.
1705 ► KISSING-STRINGS cap or bonnet strings tied under the chin → obs.
1767 ► LEAF the brim of a hat → chiefly Anglo-Irish
1790 ► TIPPY the brim of a hat or cap; the peak of a cap → Eng. dial.
19C ► CABBAGE-TREE HAT a broad-brimmed hat made from the leaves of the cabbage tree → Aust.
19C ► FANTAIL a coal-heaver’s or dustman’s hat, resembling a sou’wester → sl.
19C ► RUSKIE a coarse straw hat worn by peasant girls and others → Sc.
1802 ► TARGAT a tassel; an ornament for the hat → Sc. obs.
1803 ► UMBRELLA a broad-brimmed hat
1808 ► TOPPING the woollen knot or pompon on the crown of a bonnet → Sc.
1813 ► TILE a hat → sl.
1820 ► TOPPER a top hat → US sl.
1823 ► HATTERY hats collectively; a hat manufactory
1824 ► BEAVER a top-hat → Eng. sl.
1825 ► DASHIE a hat, a cap → Sc. cant obs.
1828 ► SCRAPER a hat → Sc., usually contemptuous
1830 ► SKIMMER a broad-brimmed boater → sl., chiefly US
1837 ► SCOUL an old hat or bonnet → Sc.
1838 ► QUOIF a cap → Sc. & Eng. dial. obs.
1840 ► TAM O’ SHANTER a soft woollen bonnet with flat circular crown, the circumference of which is about twice that of the head, formerly worn by Scottish ploughmen, etc.; introduced, in a modified form, c1887 as a headdress for girls and young women
1841 ► JERRY a hat; a hard, round hat → sl.
1844 ► CAPKIN a little cap
1848 ► CAUBEEN a hat → Ireland
1849 ► REHOBOAM a shovel-hat → sl.
M19 ► BABY PAPS caps → rhyming sl.
M19 ► BABY’S PAP a cap → rhyming sl.
M19 ► BENNY a straw hat → sl., orig. nautical usage
M19 ► BUTTER FLAP a cap → rhyming sl.
M19 ► CHUMMY a low-crowned hat → sl.
M19 ► KIDDY a hat fashionable among small-time but dandified thieves; it featured a broad ribbon passing through a large buckle at its front → sl.
M19 ► PAC a cap → back-slang
M19 ► PANTILE a hat → sl.
M19 ► TACH a hat → back-slang
M19 ► UGLY a shade for a bonnet → UK society usage
M19 ► PORK-PIE (HAT) a fashionable ‘toreador’-style hat
1857 ► LEAN AND FAT a hat → US rhyming sl.
1858 ► MOAB a hat; esp. the turban-shaped hat in feminine vogue → Brit. university sl.
1860 ► BROAD-BRIMMER a hat with a broad brim → colloq.
1863 ► EARLAPPET the earflap of a cap or hat → Amer. dial.
1866 ► NAIL KEG a top hat → Amer. sl.
1867 ► BEAVERKIN a little beaver (hat)
1867 ► TAPPIE-TOORIE → TAPPIETOURIE a knot of ribbons, wool, or the like, on the top of a cap, a tassel or pompom, a bonnet so adorned → Sc.
1869 ► CADDIE → CADDY → CADEY → CADI → CADIE → CADY → KADEY → KADI → KADIE → KADY a hat → Aust. & Sc. & Eng. sl.
1869 ► NEBBIN the peak of a cap → Eng. dial.
1870 ► BEAVER a man’s silk hat → Amer. dial.
1870 ► PENNY-A-MILE a hat → rhyming sl. for ’tile’
1874 ► TILT a sun-bonnet → Eng. dial.
1874 ► TILT-BONNET a sun-bonnet → Eng. dial.
1880 ► BEE GUM a man’s hat with a high crown → Amer. dial.
1881 ► BREAK the angle between the brim and crown of a hat
1881 ► FANNER a large, wide-brimmed hat → Sc.
1882 ► AIR-CHOPPER a naval officer’s high cocked hat → US Navy sl.
1883 ► BENJY a straw hat; generally one with a very broad brim → Eng. dial.
1885 ► PARACHUTE a broad-brimmed hat worn by women in the late 18th century → obs.
1886 ► CALABASH COVER a hat → US sl.
1887 ► CANISTER a hat → sl.
1888 ► BOX-HAT a tall hat → colloq.
1888 ► SUNDOWN a hat with a wide brim → US
1890 ► BEAVER a hat → sl. (Bk.)
1890 ► TALL HAT a silk hat with high cylindrical crown
1891 ► CALP → KELP a hat → sl. (Bk.)
1891 ► SMASHER HAT a slouched hat
1892► KOPPEL a skullcap worn by Jewish men during prayer and other religious services and rituals, and by strictly Orthodox Jewish men at all times
1894 ► TAMMY a Tam o’ Shanter, a soft woollen bonnet or cap with flat circular crown
1896 ► LID a hat; often applied to a soldier’s steel helmet or a motorcyclist’s crash helmet → sl.
1897 ► BOXER a bowler or billycock hat → Aust.
1898 ► BEAK the brim or peak of a hat or cap; also, the hat itself → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 ► BELL-JESSY a top-hat → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 ► SKY PIECE a hat, cap, or bonnet; a hairpiece → Amer. dial.
L19 ► CHARLEY BRADY a hat → rhyming sl. for ‘cady’
L19 ► CHEESE-CUTTER a cap with a square peak in front → sl.
L19 ► NAIL CAN a top hat → Aust. sl.
L19 ► NAN NAN a straw hat → Aust. sl.
L19 ► SILKER a silk top hat → US sl.
L19 ► PORK-PIE (HAT) a style of men’s hat
20C ► BALL AND BAT a hat → Eng. rhyming sl.
20C ► BARREL OF FAT a hat → Aust. rhyming sl.
20C ► BUN HAT a bowler hat → NZ sl.
20C ► PACK a cap → Brit. back-slang
20C ► STRAW BASHER a straw hat → sl.
1900 ► CAGE a hat or cap → US sl.
1900 ► DASH a cant term for a hat, cap, etc. → Sc. (Bk.)
1900 ► DOME a hat → US sl.
1902 ► HAT-BIRRET the brim or edge of a hat or cap → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 ► HAT-BRINKS the brim or edge of a hat or cap → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 ► HAT-BRUARTS the brim or edge of a hat or cap → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 ► HAT-FLIPE the brim or edge of a hat or cap → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 ► NAPPER a hat; a cap → sl. (Bk.)
1903 ► HARD-BOILED HAT a derby → Amer. dial.
1903 ► NAIL-BOX a top-hat → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 ► SCOOP a lady’s bonnet → Sc. obs. (Bk.)
1904 ► SCOOP the visor or peak of a cap → Sc. (Bk.)
1904 ► SCOOPIE a lady’s bonnet → Sc. obs. (Bk.)
1904 ► STRAW a straw hat → sl. (Bk.)
1904 ► STRAWER a straw hat → school sl. (Bk.)
1904 ► STRAWYARD a straw hat → sl. (Bk.)
1904 ► SUGAR-LOAF a high-crowned hat → sl. (Bk.)
1905 ► HADICK a hat → Sc. (Bk.)
1905 ► TIBBET the peak in front of a bonnet → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1906 ► BILLYCOCK HAT a Derby hat → Amer. dial.
1907 ► EARLAPPER the earflap of a cap or hat → Amer. dial.
1908 ► KELLY a man’s hat → 1908 Amer. dial.
1911 ► BLUE-BONNET a man’s blue cap → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 ► BORD of a woman’s cap: the border or the band in front → Sc. (Bk.)
1912 ► DIP a hat; a derby or stiff hat → Amer. dial.
1919 ► GAWBLIME → GAWBLIMEY → GAWBLIMY → GORBLIME → GORBLIMEY → GORBLIMY a soft service cap → Brit. sl.
1920 ► CUNNAMULLA CARTWHEEL a big broad-rimmed hat → Aust. sl.
1921 ► BUGLE-WARMER a head covering; a hat → Amer. dial.
1923 ► CUNT HAT a trilby, or other felt hat → sl.
1923 ► TA-TA a hat → theatrical sl.
1927 ► BULL’S BREAKFAST. a straw hat → Amer. dial.
1928 ► LEANING FAT a hat → US rhyming sl.
1930 ► EGG-BOILER a bowler hat → Aust. sl.
1930 ► FANNY HAT a trilby hat → sl.
1930 ► TAM any form of hat → US sl.
1930 ► TITFA → TITFER → TITFOR a hat → Brit. rhyming sl. (Tit for Tat)
1933 ► JOHN B. a cowboy hat → Amer. dial.
1934 ► BLOCKER a bowler hat → Brit. sl.
1936 ► GAWD FORBID → GOD FORBID a hat → Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘lid’ (hat)
1937 ► EARLAP the earflap of a cap or hat → Amer. dial.
1937 ► EAR LUG the earflap of a cap or hat → Amer. dial.
1940 ► LEMON-SQUEEZER a peaked hat worn by NZ soldiers → World War II NZ army sl.
1942 ► FLY JERKS small pieces of cork suspended from the brim of a tramp’s hat to ward off flies → Aust. sl.
1945 ► BARBIQUEJO → BARBOQUEJO the chin strap of a cowboy hat → Amer. dial.
1947 ► FLYER WITH A ROOF HIGHER a western hat → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1947 ► KATY a hat or cap → Amer. dial.
1947 ► WING-DING a girl’s hat → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1950 ► TAM the large woollen hat used by Rastafarians to cover their dreadlocks → W. Indies Rasta
1956 ► FIFTY-MISSION CAP the service cap when worn without the front spring stiffener and grommet → Amer. military aviation sl.
1966 ► EARFLOPPER. the earflap of a cap or hat → Amer. dial.
1967 ► GONDOLA HAT a derby → Amer. dial.
1968 ► BUNNY CAP a fur-lined pile cap → US sl., Vietnam war usage
1968 ► SKY PIECE – a hat → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1969 ► GOURD BENDER a military hat → US Air Force Academy cadets’ sl. (Bk.)
1969 ► SMOKEY BEAR → SMOKY BEAR a wide-brimmed hat → US sl.
1970 ► APPLEJACK a large-brimmed, oversized hat in a 1930s-40s style → 1970s African-American sl.
1970 ► BELL BONNET a cloth bonnet worn by women for protection from the sun → Amer. dial.
1970 ► CLYDE a wide-brimmed hat; a fedora → US sl.
1970 ► GRANDMAMMA’S BONNET a sunbonnet → Amer. dial.
1970 ► GRANNY BONNET a sunbonnet → Amer. dial.
1970 ► NIGHTCAP a small skull-cap worn by many Black men → African-American
1971 ► FIFTY-MISSION CAP a trucker’s hat that usually has several safety badges fastened to it → Amer. jocular usage
1976 ► GAME OF NAP a cap → UK rhyming sl.
1977 ► GABBY HAYES HAT the field hat worn by US soldiers in Vietnam → US sl.
1990 ► BALA a balaclava → sl.
1990 ► DOMEPIECE a hat → African-American sl.
1990 ► KANGOL a beret → African-American & teen sl.
1992 ► STEAMROLLER a bowler hat → UK rhyming sl. = bowler
1993 ► SKULLIE a skullcap → US sl.
1999 ► CUNNAMULLA CARTWHEEL a wide-brimmed hat → Aust. sl., obs. (Bk.)
1999 ► EGG-BOILER a bowler hat → Aust. sl., obs. (Bk.)
1999 ► LUNATIC HAT a wide-brimmed hat → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
2002 ► MUDGE a hat → Brit. sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1403 ► HURRER a maker of hats and caps; a dealer in hats and caps → obs.
1566 ► HABERDASHER formerly, a dealer in a variety of articles now dealt with by other trades, including caps, and probably hats; a dealer of hats and caps, a hatter → obs.
1613 ► VAILER one who doffs the hat in salutation → obs.
1910 ► HAT-CHECK BOY a person employed in a cloakroom to take charge of hats or (now usually) other items, and often also issue receipts of this type for them
1913 ► HAT-CHECK GIRL a person employed in a cloakroom to take charge of hats or (now usually) other items, and often also issue receipts of this type for them
1975 ► HARD HAT one who wears a derby hat; Eastern businessmen during the 1880s and later crooks, gamblers, and detectives → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1980 ► HAT-TREE a person who is wearing any form of headgear → S. Afr. gang sl.
VERBS
1460 ► VAIL to doff or take off a hat, etc., esp. out of respect or as a sign of submission → now arch.
1604 ► OFF-CAP to take off or doff the cap, in reverence or respect to a person → obs.
L18 ► DOUSE to take off a hat
E19 ► UNSHINGLE to knock off someone’s hat → Aust. sl.
1825 ► FLY A TILE to knock off a man’s hat → Stock Exchange sl.
1890 ► PRIG A CASTOR to steal a hat → sl. (Bk.)
1899 ► GOFFER to ‘bonnet’ a man; to knock his hat over his eyes → London sl.
L19 ► NAIL A GOSS to steal a hat → UK criminals’ sl.
1900 ► DIP to take the hat off → Amer. college sl.
1903 ► RING CASTORS to exchange hats → sl. (Bk.)
1915 ► DIP YOUR LID to raise one’s hat as a polite gesture → Aust. sl.
1940 ► RAISE to make a signal by raising one’s hat → US criminals’ sl.
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