tricorne

noun

tri·​corne ˈtrī-ˌkȯrn 

variants or tricorn

: cocked hat sense 1

Examples of tricorne in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Johnson made this conversation explicit by name-checking or picturing Evans, Lee Friedlander, Duane Michals, and Richard Avedon—the latter pops up here in a picture on a book cover, which Johnson has topped with a pirate’s tricorne hat. —Vince Aletti, The New Yorker, 22 July 2022

Jamie looks dapper and colonial, walking through Edinburgh on his way to work, tricorne and all. —Roxane Gay, Glamour, 22 Oct. 2017

Word History

Etymology

French tricorne, from tricorne three-cornered, from Latin tricornis, from tri- + cornu horn — more at horn

First Known Use

1857, in the meaning defined above