Tyrolean

or Ti·ro·le·an

[ti-roh-lee-uh n, tahy-]

adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of the Tyrol or its inhabitants.

designating or typifying the peasant dress of the Tyrol, especially a man's soft-brimmed, usually green felt hat with a peaked crown and a feather or brush ornament on the hatband.

noun

a native or inhabitant of the Tyrol.

Often Tyrolese, Tirolese.

Origin of Tyrolean

1800–10; Tyrol + -ean (variant of -ian)

Examples from the Web for tyrolean

Historical Examples of tyrolean

The poor dear thought so, but a dealer to whom I took it said it was a Tyrolean copy.
The Paliser case
Edgar Saltus
Is it necessary, I ask you, that they should learn Tyrolean songs?
Boyhood
Leo Tolstoy
While not identified, these appear to be Tyrolean folk melodies.
Smithsonian Institution - United States National Museum - Bulletin 240
Anonymous
M. Lazzari of Paris is by birth a Tyrolean, whose father was an Italian.
The Complete Opera Book
Gustav Kobb
I believe they call the thing a Tyrolean harp, whatever that may mean.
Island Nights' Entertainments
Robert Louis Stevenson