ten-gallon hat

[ ten-gal-uhn ]
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noun
  1. a broad-brimmed hat with a high crown, worn especially in the western and southwestern U.S.; cowboy hat.

Origin of ten-gallon hat

1
1925–30; said to be <Spanish galón braid, galloon (rows of which were wrapped above the brim)

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ten-gallon hat

noun
  1. (in the US and Canada) a cowboy's broad-brimmed felt hat with a very high crown

Origin of ten-gallon hat

1
C20: so called because of its large size

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