shovel hat

American  

noun

1. a hat with a broad brim turned up at the sides and projecting with a shovellike curve in front and behind; worn by some ecclesiastics, chiefly in England.

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shovel hat British  

noun

1. a black felt hat worn by some clergymen, with a brim rolled up to resemble a shovel in shape

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Other Word Forms

• shovel-hatted
  adjective

Example Sentences

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shovel hat

I wondered if he went round and round the cathedral, in his shovel hat and his gaiters, with her on his arm.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

One of those science-haters, Blind as a mole or bat; To think of my going in gaiters, And wearing a shovel hat!

From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald

It was Fowle in a saintly garb, Fowle in a shovel hat, Fowle interested in the comings and goings of Winifred.

From The Bartlett Mystery by Tracy, Louis

Blind as a mole or bat, No faintest glimmer of light, And wearing a shovel hat, Morning and noon and night.

From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald

Spying Pen, he came and shook him by the hand, and eyed with wonder Pen's friend, from whose mouth and cigar clouds of fragrance issued, which curled round the Doctor's honest face and shovel hat.

From The History of Pendennis by Thackeray, William Makepeace