salakot

American  

[sa-luh-kaht] / ˈsæ ləˌkɑt /

noun

• salakots
  plural

1. a traditional hat worn in the Philippines for protection from rain and sun, often having a wide brim and a decorative spike or knob at the center of the crown.

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Noun Inflected Forms

• salakots
  plural

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Apart from gigil, the newly-added Philippine words include the national pastime of videoke, the local version of karaoke which includes a scoring system, and salakot, a wide-brimmed, lightweight hat often used by farmers.

From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2025

Doña Consolacion would then claim that she had seen the curate, disguised in a piña camisa and salakot, walking about late.

From The Social Cancer by Charles E. Derbyshire

A curious countryman followed his glance and watched all his movements; this was Elias, who had also come to witness the ceremony, but in his salakot and rough attire he was almost unrecognizable.

From The Social Cancer by Charles E. Derbyshire

It was a man miserably dressed, wearing a broad salakot of palm leaves.

From The Social Cancer by Charles E. Derbyshire

A man stood there, miserably dressed, his head covered by a great salakot of palm leaves, which completely hid his face, though from its shadow two lights gleamed and went out fitfully.

From An Eagle Flight A Filipino Novel Adapted from Noli Me Tangere by José Rizal

A little fellow, a herder, who dared to assert that he had seen nothing more than one light and two men in salakots had difficulty in escaping with mere slaps and scoldings.

From The Social Cancer by Charles E. Derbyshire