billycock

[ bil-ee-kok ]

/ ˈbɪl iˌkɒk /

a derby or a hat resembling it.

Also called billycock hat.

Origin of billycock

1715–25; alteration of bullycocked ( hat); see bully¹, cock², -ed²

And beside this hole, little the worse for five weeks in the open, lay Joe Gregory's billycock hat.

The Torch and Other Tales |Eden Phillpotts
I am heartbroken to think that I have not won the esteem of that lady in the billycock hat.

Stories By English Authors: Germany |Various
He was conspicuous generally for light-coloured close-fitting garments and for a billycock hat.

The American Senator |Anthony Trollope
I had noted the hats of that elect assemblage, and there had not been a billycock among them.

The Record of Nicholas Freydon |A. J. (Alec John) Dawson

Wear your billycock at the back of your head, as it will break your falls.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 108, February 16, 1895 |Various

billycock

/ (ˈbɪlɪkɒk) /

rare, mainly British any of several round-crowned brimmed hats of felt, such as the bowler

C19: named after William Coke, Englishman for whom it was first made