shovel hat

noun

1. a hat with a broad brim turned up at the sides and projecting with a shovellike curve in front and behind; worn by some ecclesiastics, chiefly in England.

shovel hat

noun

1. a black felt hat worn by some clergymen, with a brim rolled up to resemble a shovel in shape

Other Words From

• shovel-hatted adjective

Example Sentences

I wondered if he went round and round the cathedral, in his shovel hat and his gaiters, with her on his arm.

From Literature

Immediately behind the glass barrel itself stands a boy of some twelve or thirteen years, dressed in the white uniform of one of the orphan establishments, with a huge white shovel hat.

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He held his shovel hat in his hand, between his face and the sun.

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I caught a glimpse of horn spectacles, a lantern-jawed, unshaven face, a shovel hat; and I heard a stifled oath.

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It was one of those Spanish shovel hats, long and square-edged, like a plank.

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