cabbage-tree hat

American  

[kab-ij-tree] / ˈkæb ɪdʒˌtri /

noun

Australian.

1. a broad-brimmed hat made from cabbage-tree leaves.

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Etymology

Origin of cabbage-tree hat

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

He wore a velveteen tunic, girt round the waist with a sash of china silk, a pair of moleskin trousers, and held his cabbage-tree hat in his left hand.

From The Captain of the Polestar by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

He turned, and saw a small, dapper-looking man, in white drill and a cabbage-tree hat, standing by his side.

From Daddy's Girl by Meade, L. T.

The Blacks didn't see me as I went by, ragged and dusty, and with an old, nearly black, cabbage-tree hat drawn over my eyes.

From Joe Wilson and His Mates by Lawson, Henry

Moleskins, flannel waistcoat, cabbage-tree hat and 'lastic-side boots.

From Children of the Bush by Lawson, Henry

The shadows of the old gentleman and the girl had hardly disappeared from the threshold when the man in the cabbage-tree hat and side-spring boots rose swiftly, and peered stealthily after them.

From At Large by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)