gibus

American  

[jahy-buhs] / ˈdʒaɪ bəs /

noun

plural

gibuses

1. opera hat.

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gibus British  

/ ˈdʒaɪbəs /

noun

1. another name for opera hat

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Etymology

Origin of gibus

First recorded in 1840–50; named after Gibus, 19th-century Frenchman, its inventor

Example Sentences

A man's hat, one of the sort called a gibus, which he knew was only worn with evening clothes, was hanging on one of the pegs in the passage.

From The Sailor by Snaith, J. C.

Upon my word, she almost blew my gibus away from under my arm sometimes.

From Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885 by Various

His gibus was thrust back and exposed a disorder of hair that suggested a reckless desperation.

From Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

Ispenlove stood leaning against the piano, as though intensely fatigued; he crushed his gibus with an almost savage movement, and then bent his large, lustrous black eyes absently on the flat top of it.

From Sacred and Profane Love by Bennett, Arnold

Removing my gibus, and laying down my programmes and opera-glasses, I again sign myself One Who Has Gone to Pieces.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93., October 1, 1887 by Various