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 Jimmy Fallon followed, administering his salute in light-hearted song with guitar and black cowboy hat as distinctive props. Paul Harris, Variety, 25 Mar. 2024 Cosplayers, too, have begun incorporating cowboy hats and other elements of Norteño fashion into their costumes. Alex Zaragoza, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2024 Ever since the model began dating Adan Banuelos, a professional cowboy, earlier this year, Hadid has been leaning into a more western look: She’s slipped into pieces like fringed chaps, leather jackets and of course, cowboy hats. Christian Allaire, Vogue, 13 Mar. 2024 Beginning his act while seated in the audience, with a cowboy hat obscuring his impossibly angular features, Gosling was in character as the woebegone Ken, a macho hunk doomed to play beta in the toy netherworld of Barbie. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2024 Just before the New Year, Rihanna ran into Kyle Richards at Kemo Sabe, the luxury cowboy hat shop in Aspen that served as a backdrop to the Real Housewives fight known simply as Tequilagate. Lindy Segal, Glamour, 21 Feb. 2024 The TikTok star paired his denim cowboy hat with a floor-length skirt seemingly made from multiple pairs of jeans. Oscar Holland, CNN, 19 Feb. 2024 Well, hold on to your cowboy hats, because this week brings us a few big dramatic twists. Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2024 Included in the roundup was an image of the pai of the pair in similar cowboy hats, as well as a gif of the couple leaning in for a kiss. Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 9 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1882, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of cowboy hat was in 1882

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“Cowboy hat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cowboy%20hat. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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