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cocked hat

noun

a man's hat, worn especially in the 18th century, having a wide, stiff brim turned up on two or three sides toward a peaked crown.Compare bicorne, tricorn(def 2).

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Words nearby cocked hat

cockboat, cockchafer, cockcroft, cockcrow, cocked, cocked hat, cocker, cocker spaniel, cockerel, cockerell, cockeye

Idioms for cocked hat

    knock into a cocked hat, Informal. to destroy completely; render unachievable.

Origin of cocked hat

First recorded in 1665–75; cock2 + -ed2
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British Dictionary definitions for cocked hat

cocked hat

noun

a hat with opposing brims turned up and caught together in order to give two points (bicorn) or three points (tricorn)
knock into a cocked hat slang to outdo or defeat
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012