Definition of Leghorn

1. Noun. A stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown.

Exact synonyms: Boater, Panama, Panama Hat, Sailor, Skimmer, Straw Hat
Generic synonyms: Chapeau, Hat, Lid

Definition of Leghorn

1. n. A straw plaiting used for bonnets and hats, made from the straw of a particular kind of wheat, grown for the purpose in Tuscany, Italy; -- so called from Leghorn, the place of exportation.

Definition of Leghorn

1. Proper noun. (dated) the town of Livorno in Italy ¹

2. Noun. A breed of mostly white poultry. ¹

3. Noun. A type of dried wheat straw, fabric made from it, or a hat made from that fabric. ¹

4. Noun. A member of a breed of chickens. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Leghorn

1. a smooth, plaited straw [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Leghorn

legginess
legginesses
legging
legging it
leggings
leggins
leggism
leggisms
leggo
leggy
leghaemoglobin
leghair
leghairs
leghemoglobin
leghold
leghorn (current term)
leghorns
legibilities
legibility
legible
legibleness
legibly
legific
legin
legion
legionaire
legionaire's disease
legionaries
legionary
legionary ant

Literary usage of Leghorn

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Italy by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1877)
"From leghorn and Cività Vecchia (Rome) to Naples (by sea). ... At leghorn, embarcation with luggage I fr., or if the steamer be in the outer harbour (Porto ..."

2. The Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria by George Dennis (1848)
"OK approaching leghorn from the sea, I have always been inclined to ... 353) on the other hand contends for the identity of leghorn with the Portus Pisa- ..."

3. History of the Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1656 by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1903)
"BLAKE AT leghorn safe in the port of the Grand Duke.1 The truth was that the ... leghorn, met with a refusal. Asking—doubtless by 1 The despatches of Ugo ..."

4. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1908)
"There are eight varieties of the leghorn : Single-comb and Rose-comb Brown leghorn (Fig. 575), Single-comb and Rose-comb White leghorn (Fig. ..."

5. In Tuscany: Tuscan Towns, Tuscan Types and the Tuscan Tongue by Montgomery Carmichael (1906)
"They go to Italy as travellers and sightseers ; and Baedeker has told them that leghorn "contains little to detain the traveller," and Mr. Hare has said ..."

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