cabbage-tree hat

American  

[kab-ij-tree] / ˈkæb ɪdʒˌtri /

noun

Australian.

1. a broad-brimmed hat made from cabbage-tree leaves.

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Etymology

Origin of cabbage-tree hat

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

He was dressed in the usual bush costume, viz, jumper, breeches and belt, riding boots, spurs, and cabbage-tree hat; and in his frank open countenance could at once be read the genuineness of his friendship.

From Fern Vale (Volume 1) or the Queensland Squatter by Munro, Colin

The shadows of the old gentleman and the girl had hardly disappeared from the threshold when the man in the cabbage-tree hat and side-spring boots rose swiftly, and peered stealthily after them.

From At Large by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)

The captain was walking slowly across the paddocks with the cabbage-tree hat he kept for the garden pushed back from his brow.

From Seven Little Australians by Turner, Ethel Sybil

Flash Jack—red sash, cabbage-tree hat on back of head with nothing in it, glossy black curls bunched up in front of brim.

From On the Track by Lawson, Henry

A stockrider, when he would appear in a gay shirt, tight white moleskins, cabbage-tree hat, flash riding-boots with glittering spurs.

From Confessions of a Beachcomber by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)