cowboy hat

noun

1. a broad-brimmed hat with a high crown, usually of soft felt, as worn by cowboys and ranchers.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cowboy hat¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

His combination of traditional country injected with rock and pop enchanted listeners who previously scoffed at the idea they could relate to anyone in a cowboy hat.

From Washington Post

He wore a gray poncho and a cowboy hat with a pin in the shape of a cow’s skull.

From MIT Technology Review

No wonder Elba’s Harp, elegant even in a rumpled cotton shirt and tattered straw cowboy hat, feels at home with a regal equine houseguest.

From Time

One man entered the Capitol wearing a dark cowboy hat and a large respirator that covered all but his eyes and forehead.

From Washington Post

And he had a cowboy hat that he liked touching, too—he smoothed the brim back like it was a ducktail haircut.

From The Daily Beast

In 2011, Mahone traded in his cowboy hat for a trendy beanie, skyrocketing to viral fame through a series of YouTube music videos.

From The Daily Beast

Carrillo said the maid described the ghost as a handsome Hispanic man in his 50s who wore a cowboy hat, a brown coat, and jeans.

From The Daily Beast

The box, we discover, contains a quite-lovely white Stetson-style cowboy hat.

From The Daily Beast

I put monkeys on the sheep, and one was a cowboy in chaps and a cowboy hat, and one was a jockey in silks.

From The Daily Beast

Can you not see her in a cowboy hat with a brace of revolvers at her belt?

From Project Gutenberg

Her sentence was interrupted by a dashing girl in khaki and a cowboy hat, astride a fiery little mustang.

From Project Gutenberg

He wore a huge cowboy hat, beneath which his long hair fell almost to his shoulders, la Buffalo Bill.

From Project Gutenberg

Then he took Jim's cowboy hat, and slouched the brim down front like a hayseed boy.

From Project Gutenberg

The stiff-brimmed cowboy hat was jammed on the back of his head, the white silk handkerchief hung loose about his shoulders.

From Project Gutenberg