cocked hat
noun
a man's hat, worn especially in the 18th century, having a wide, stiff brim turned up on two or three sides toward a peaked crown.
Compare bicorne, tricorn(def 2).
Idioms for cocked hat
knock into a cocked hat, Informal.
to destroy completely; render unachievable.
Words nearby cocked hat
cockboat,
cockchafer,
cockcroft,
cockcrow,
cocked,
cocked hat,
cocker,
cocker spaniel,
cockerel,
cockerell,
cockeye
Example sentences from the Web for cocked hat
British Dictionary definitions for cocked hat
cocked hat
noun
a hat with opposing brims turned up and caught together in order to give two points (bicorn) or three points (tricorn)
knock into a cocked hat slang
to outdo or defeat