trilby
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the stage adaptation of George du Maurier's novel Trilby, in which such hats were worn.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈtɹɪlbi/
Audio (General American): (file)
Noun
[edit]trilby (plural trilbys or trilbies)
- narrow-brimmed type of felt hat, described as having a "shorter brim which is angled down at the front and slightly turned up at the back" in comparison to the fedora
- 1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 13, in Well Tackled![1]:
- “Nothing very special, sir. He had a mack or coat over his arm, and a trilby hat. He wore a tweed suit, sir, I think.”
- 1959 November 20, Roald Dahl, "The Landlady"[2], archived from the original on March 19, 2023:
- Billy was seventeen years old. He was wearing a new navy-blue overcoat, a new brown trilby hat, and a new brown suit, and he was feeling fine.
Synonyms
[edit]- (Britain) brown trillby
Translations
[edit]type of hat
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- trilby on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Category:trilby on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons