picture hat

noun

a woman's hat having a very broad, flexible brim, often decorated with feathers, flowers, or the like.

Origin of picture hat

First recorded in 1885–90

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Examples from the Web for picture hat

At least it would astonish the salmon, for it looked like a last season's picture-hat, very much the worse for wear.
Days Off|Henry Van Dyke
She put on her picture-hat carefully with sixteen pins in it, and went away.
The Celebrity at Home|Violet Hunt
She wore a new gown, fawn-colour and violet, with a picture-hat, very taking.
Fisherman's Luck|Henry van Dyke
Barbara glanced at his thoughtful, strong face from under the edge of her picture-hat, which slyly she had rearranged.
Blazed Trail Stories|Stewart Edward White

She no longer wore the picture-hat, and Rutherford, looking at her, came to the conclusion that the change was an improvement.
The Man Upstairs|P. G. Wodehouse

British Dictionary definitions for picture hat

picture hat

noun

a decorated hat with a very wide brim, esp as worn by women in paintings by Gainsborough and Reynolds

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picture hat

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picture hat

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