chimney-pot hat

American  

[chim-nee-pot] / ˈtʃɪm niˌpɒt /

noun

British.

1. a high silk hat; top hat.

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Etymology

Origin of chimney-pot hat

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

Let us have mystic ladies, glittering gems, yawning caverns, magic spells; but place the nineteenth century Briton, chimney-pot hat and all, in the centre of these weird surroundings.

From The Tree of Knowledge A Novel by Reynolds, Mrs. Baillie

Nature has adorned him with a cock eye and a yard of mouth, and art, with a prodigiously tall white chimney-pot hat with the crown out, a cotton nightcap, and a wondrous congeries of rags. 

From Letters from the Cape by Duff Gordon, Lucie, Lady

"Will this satisfy thee?" inquired the Jinnee, as his green turban and flowing robes suddenly resolved themselves into the conventional chimney-pot hat, frock-coat, and trousers of modern civilisation.

From The Brass Bottle by Anstey, F.

But it is calculated that the Patriarch was the first who brought under their notice the chimney-pot hat of the civilised Englishman.

From Faces and Places by Lucy, Henry W. (Henry William), Sir

There could be no mistake about the vicar; he wore a chimney-pot hat of silk, that had begun to curl at the brim, anticipatory of being adapted as that of an archdeacon.

From A Book of Ghosts by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)