cocked hat


noun
  1. a man's hat, worn especially in the 18th century, having a wide, stiff brim turned up on two or three sides toward a peaked crown.: Compare bicorne, tricorn (def. 2).

Idioms about cocked hat

  1. knock into a cocked hat, Informal. to destroy completely; render unachievable.

Origin of cocked hat

1
First recorded in 1665–75; cock2 + -ed2

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British Dictionary definitions for cocked hat

cocked hat

noun
  1. a hat with opposing brims turned up and caught together in order to give two points (bicorn) or three points (tricorn)

  2. knock into a cocked hat slang to outdo or defeat

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