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snap brim

noun

  1. a hat brim that can be turned up or down.
  2. Also called snap-brim hat. a man's fedora, usually of felt and often worn with the brim turned up in back and down in front.


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Other Words From

  • snap-brim snap-brimmed adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of snap brim1

First recorded in 1905–10
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Example Sentences

He wore a gray snap-brim hat; it was set squarely on his head, precisely level.

Dickson shrugged and pushed his snap-brim hat back with a blunt forefinger.

The door swung open and out leaped a lean young man in a well-tailored blue suit and snap-brim hat.

His face, beneath a snap-brim hat which dripped rain, appeared shadowy and unfriendly.

There was a red feather in the bow on his snap brim felt hat.

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