sunhat

British

/ ˈsʌnˌhæt /

noun

a hat that shades the face and neck from the sun

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King co-signed her saggy sunhat with a description provided to EW that could be interpreted as shade: “It's perfect, as if some beautiful, fashionable Hindenburg suddenly dropped on her head.”

From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2025

Allee then took Brock’s sunhat and stumbled and fell to the ground.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2023

For their day out-and-about, Lopez donned a simple white shirt and matching shorts with sandals, sunglasses, gold jewelry and a large floppy sunhat.

From Fox News ● Jul. 27, 2021

Kaoru Sugiyami, wearing a large floppy sunhat, had also come with a group of friends.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2019

Enoch sat watching us from the bow, ready to take his turn, while Emma in a sunhat studied the receding island.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs

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