cowboy hat

noun

: a wide-brimmed hat with a large soft crown

called also ten-gallon hat

Examples of cowboy hat in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The audience is a sea of cowboy hats, dinner-plate-sized belt buckles, and snakeskin boots. — Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2026

Each guest was gifted with their own cowboy hat and bandana, a hometown tribute to the couple’s Texas roots. — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026

On a warm summer day, dozens of Black horseback riders don boots, jeans, and cowboy hats and take to the asphalt streets of Chicago’s South Side, clopping past the vast blue expanse of Lake Michigan. — Sarah Enelow-Snyder, Midwest Living, 19 July 2026

Lucy’s on the Square, housed inside another historic building, embraces its Texas roots with eclectic decor including vintage cowboy hats and wagon wheels. — Gabi De La Rosa, Southern Living, 19 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1882, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cowboy hat

• acrobat
• autocrat
• automat
• bundesrat
• bureaucrat
• butterfat
• caveat
• chemostat
• copycat
• cryostat
• democrat
• diplomat