hatbox

American  

[hat-boks] / ˈhætˌbɒks /

noun

1. a case or box for a hat.

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hatbox British  

/ ˈhætˌbɒks /

noun

1. a box or case for a hat or hats

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Etymology

Origin of hatbox

First recorded in 1785–95; hat + box ¹

Example Sentences

As in the past, customers’ heads are measured with a Victorian-looking contraption called a conformateur; purchases come in a hand-cut, paper-and-card hatbox, a souvenir in and of itself.

From New York Times • May 9, 2018

Carter-Willis keeps a hatbox in her home jammed with press clippings, important documents and pictures related to her son’s case.

From The Guardian • Apr. 9, 2017

“Life and death are always part of my art,” said Ms. Channoller, who brought a hatbox to transport her bird on the subway to her home in SoHo.

From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2015

"When my family discovered that my widowed grandmother kept a handgun in a hatbox, we didn't have a problem with it because she grew up shooting jackrabbits and rattlesnakes in West Texas," Burnam said.

From Reuters • Feb. 26, 2011

When I woke up in the mornings, my first thought was the hatbox.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd