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Definition of "cocked hat" [cocked hat]

  • A hat with the brim turned up in two or three places, especially a three-cornered hat; a tricorn. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "cocked hat" in a sentence
  • "There was but one brick church, and that was the present St. Paul's, not, as we now see it, with its tasteful interior, but a rude brickkiln with an enormous cocked hat stuck upon it."
  • "Such an action would have to be rewarded, and Simmerson imagined himself in the lavish gold lace and cocked hat of a General."
  • "An old quarter-master had seen him fire; and easily recognised him, because he wore a glazed cocked hat and a white frock."