Definition of Dress hat

1. Noun. A man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Dress Hat

dreshel
dreshels
dress'd
dress-down Friday
dress-up party
dress blues
dress circle
dress coat
dress coats
dress code
dress codes
dress down
dress form
dress hanger
dress hat (current term)
dress out
dress rack
dress rehearsal
dress rehearsals
dress shield
dress shields
dress ship
dress shirt
dress shop
dress suit
dress uniform
dress up
dress whites

Literary usage of Dress hat

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

1. Things Chinese: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with China by James Dyer Ball (1893)
"... called in English, are commonly of a round shape, about an inch in diameter, and form a knob on the apex of the conical-shaped official, or dress, hat. ..."

2. Cumberland's British Theatre by George Daniel (1826)
"Blue dress coat, lined with white silk, black silk breeches, black silk stockings, and dress hat. COUNT BASSET.—Blue dress coat, lined with white silk, ..."

3. History of the Twenty-second Regiment of the National Guard of the State of by George Wood Wingate (1896)
"The dress hat, epaulets, etc., were not changed. In 1870 the regiment adopted a cartridge box, having the regimental monogram, costing $2.87, ..."

4. Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical and Critical by John Cumberland (1826)
"dress hat, blue dress coat, white pantaloons, ... dress hat, purple velvet and gold coat, with gold spangles, white satin, waistcoat, with spangles, ..."

5. Islam in China: A Neglected Problem by Marshall Broomhall (1910)
"The signboards hung outside their restaurants generally have the representation of a water-pot surmounted by a dress hat, with the characters "Kiao-men" ..."

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