Definition of "high-crowned" [high-crowned]

• (of a hat) having a high crown (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "One of her great-grandchildren said at that time, She was rather under-sized and slender, with a pale face, blue eyes, and grey hair that curled slightly under a high-crowned ruffled cap."
• "There she was, in a high-crowned, beplumed hat, and tailored white dress with a shoulder cape, at her uncle's side on the ship's bridge, looking at the throng who had come to greet them."
• "In the 1600s, two types dominated: a low-crowned hat with a broad brim and a high-crowned, round hat made of beaver."