cowboy hat

noun

|Updated on: 7 Jul 2018

Definition of cowboy hat

: a wide-brimmed hat with a large soft crown — called also ten-gallon hat

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Recent Examples of cowboy hat from the Web

Essential hardware for Lollapalooza and beyond Depending on your music festival of choice, essentials can vary from glow sticks and flower crowns to cowboy hats and cutoffs.

— janna irons, Outside Online, "What to Bring to Summer Music Festivals," 27 June 2018
Filipina pop star K Rizz, who is partial to cowboy hats and chaps, sings and raps as a massive disco ball spins overhead.

— lauren levy, Billboard, "Inside Brooklyn's Best Queer Party," 14 June 2018
Here, attendees exchange hippie headbands for cowboy hats and gladiator sandals for boots and do-si-do under a neon moon to some of country's brightest stars.

— taysha murtaugh, Country Living, "Everything You Need to Know Before Attending a Country Music Festival," 1 June 2018
Guys with big cowboy hats and big belt buckles stand around, small Constitutions peeking out of shirt pockets.

— leah sottile, Longreads, "Bundyville Chapter Three: A Clan Not to Cross," 17 May 2018
Researchers have found that helmets reduce the risk of head injuries by as much as half, but fewer than a quarter of riders wear them, including Anderson, who opts for a cowboy hat instead.

— malia wollan, New York Times, "How to Fall Off a Horse," 25 Apr. 2018
Even a 1994 Wyoming House of Representatives race where the winner was determined by a ping pong ball drawn out of a cowboy hat.

— anna m. tinsley, star-telegram, "Can't be bothered on election day? Here's what happens when you don't vote | Fort Worth Star-Telegram," 2 Mar. 2018
With his bushy mustache and cowboy hat, Berry looks the part of a livery manager, who works with the mules for the park and resort management company Xanterra.

— stina sieg, azcentral, "Stubbornly steadfast, pack mules keep Grand Canyon moving," 9 June 2018
Models navigated through a Joan Miró sculpture on a hilltop in a scenic French village, wearing billowing tops, tall sneaker-boots, and cowboy hats.

— sarah spellings, The Cut, "Louis Vuitton’s Cruise Show Was an Homage to Grace Coddington," 29 May 2018

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