shovel hat

American  

noun

1. a hat with a broad brim turned up at the sides and projecting with a shovellike curve in front and behind; worn by some ecclesiastics, chiefly in England.

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shovel hat British  

noun

1. a black felt hat worn by some clergymen, with a brim rolled up to resemble a shovel in shape

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Other Word Forms

• shovel-hatted adjective

Example Sentences

I wondered if he went round and round the cathedral, in his shovel hat and his gaiters, with her on his arm.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

One of those science-haters, Blind as a mole or bat; To think of my going in gaiters, And wearing a shovel hat!

From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald

Blind as a mole or bat, No faintest glimmer of light, And wearing a shovel hat, Morning and noon and night.

From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald

Suddenly he caught sight of a shovel hat and clerical garments turning the street corner, and re-entering the room with some loss of dignity, commenced reading the "Broad Arrow" upside down.

From Between the Dark and the Daylight by Marsh, Richard

Why," he pursued, "why are two tickets wrongly placed in a greengrocer's shop like a shovel hat that has come to London for a holiday?

From The Innocence of Father Brown by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)