stovepipe hat

noun

, Older Slang.

1. a tall silk hat.

Word History and Origins

Origin of stovepipe hat¹

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55

Example Sentences

Its prized purchase of a purported Lincoln stovepipe hat appraised at $6.5 million went sour when evidence linking it to the 16th president was questioned.

From Seattle Times

Though this Lincoln, like the one he’s named for, wears the requisite frock coat and stovepipe hat, we see at once that he’s a Black man in whiteface, and soon learn that he earns $314 a week for letting customers at an arcade pretend to shoot him.

From New York Times

When you think of Abraham Lincoln, your mind probably conjures up an image of a tall, lanky man with a chinstrap beard and a stovepipe hat.

From Salon

I like to put them in my stovepipe hat and carry them around for safekeeping, but since today is Presidents Day, it's a good time to take a few out and write a letter to you.

From Fox News

Normal is red-haired singer Kim Petras wearing an artistically designed horse’s head as a breastplate, and Naomi Campbell in a sky-high stovepipe hat, looking like she was about to terrorize 1888 London.

From Washington Post