trilby

[ tril-bee ]

/ ˈtrɪl bi /

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noun, plural tril·bies.Chiefly British.

a hat of soft felt with an indented crown.

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Also called trilby hat .

Origin of trilby

1895–1900; short for Trilby hat, after the hat worn by a character in an illustration for the novel Trilby (1894) by George du Maurier

Words nearby trilby

Trikora, Trilafon, trilateral, trilateralism, trilateration, trilby, trilemma, trilinear, trilingual, triliteral, triliteralism

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How to use trilby in a sentence

He stood there with his grey Trilby in his hand and his tailor-made deltoids almost filling the aperture of the doorway.
Gray youth|Oliver Onions
Now, Mrs. Petticoat, this line extending from the Mount of Trilby to the outer side of the sole is the life line.
Ptomaine Street|Carolyn Wells
And the joke is that I thanked another man for the gift of Trilby, and the beast never let on.
The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 2|Elizabeth Bisland
And I wrote a two and one-half column review of Trilby to please him.
The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 2|Elizabeth Bisland

"Trilby" is assaulted by the united comstockery of a dozen cities, and "The Yoke" somehow escapes.
A Book of Prefaces|H. L. Mencken

British Dictionary definitions for trilby

trilby

/ (ˈtrɪlbɪ) /

noun plural -bies

mainly British a man's soft felt hat with an indented crown

(plural) slang feet

Word Origin for trilby

C19: named after Trilby, the heroine of a dramatized novel (1893) of that title by George du Maurier

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