coolie hat

noun

a wide, conical straw hat worn especially as a shield against the sun.

Origin of coolie hat

First recorded in 1935–40

Words nearby coolie hat

coolgardie safe, coolidge, coolidge tube, coolidge, calvin, coolie, coolie hat, cooling board, cooling degree-day, cooling tower, cooling-off period, coolth

Example sentences from the Web for coolie hat

  • The entire set-up was under six feet tall, and the coolie-hat cones were no more than eighteen inches in diameter.

    Operation: Outer Space |William Fitzgerald Jenkins

  • One was a very flat cone, much like a coolie-hat and hardly larger, with a sort of power-pack of coils and batteries attached.

    Operation: Outer Space |William Fitzgerald Jenkins

  • At its nose there was a second coolie-hat cone, with other coils and batteries.

    Operation: Outer Space |William Fitzgerald Jenkins