trilby

[ tril-bee ]

/ ˈtrɪl bi /

noun, plural tril·bies. Chiefly British.

a hat of soft felt with an indented crown.

Nearby words

trilafon, trilaminar, trilateral, trilateralism, trilateration, trilby, trilemma, trilinear, trilingual, triliteral, triliteralism

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

Also called trilby hat.

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Examples from the Web for trilby

But our friends did not think it necessary to reveal that she was "la grande Trilby."
Trilby|George Du Maurier
The "boom" of Trilby, we are told, surprised du Maurier immensely, for he had not taken himself au sérieux as a novelist.
George Du Maurier, the Satirist of the Victorians|T. Martin Wood
Trilby was a name that had long lain perdu somewhere "at the back of du Maurier's head."
George Du Maurier, the Satirist of the Victorians|T. Martin Wood
The hypnotism in 'Trilby' was perhaps a journalist's idea, that subject being much talked of at the time the book was written.
Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12|Various

Mr. du Maurier has rich endowment of all these gifts, which shine on every page of Trilby.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 107, October 13, 1894|Various

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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