Leghorn

[ leg-hawrn leg-ern, -hawrn ]

noun

1. English name of Livorno.
2. (lowercase) a fine, smooth, plaited straw.
3. (lowercase) a hat made of such straw, often having a broad, soft brim.
4. one of a Mediterranean breed of chickens that are prolific layers of white-shelled eggs.

leghorn

¹

/ ˈlɛɡˌhɔːn /

noun

1. a type of Italian wheat straw that is woven into hats
2. any hat made from this straw when plaited

Leghorn

²

noun

1. See Livorno
   ˈlɛɡˌhɔːn the English name for Livorno
2. lɛˈɡɔːn a breed of domestic fowl laying white eggs

Word History and Origins

Origin of Leghorn¹

C19: named after Leghorn (Livorno)

Example Sentences

“They killed Foghorn Leghorn, right in front of his teammates,” says one historian.

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Dreyfuss enthusiastically deploys the Foghorn Leghorn manner of the mid-19th century pre-microphone politician.

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Her plain purple coat and wide Leghorn hat, with black ribbons, had the effect not of elegance, but of insignificance.

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A pair of brown eyes were gravely fixed on her from under the shade of the Leghorn hat.

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I don't blame the youngsters for getting off from Leghorn for two days over here in town when they can.

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It was in Leghorn, where he was on board a yacht called the Lola, of which he represented himself as owner.

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At Leghorn the ship lay for a month,—the first period of repose since she went into commission, a year and a half before.

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