A Dunstable hat or bonnet. Obsolete.

A Leghorn hat or bonnet (see sense 1a).

A hat; a broad-brimmed boater, esp. of straw. Formerly, skimmer hat. slang (chiefly U.S.).

Applied to a method of plaiting the fine wheaten straw grown in Tuscany for hats, bonnets, etc.; also to the golden yellow colour of this (see…

a hat worn for boating; spec. = boater, n. 2.

In full mushroom hat. A low-crowned circular hat; esp. a lady's straw hat with down-curving brim.

Designating articles made from Milan straw, as Milan hat, Milan edge. Cf. milliner, n. 2.

A wide-brimmed conical hat of straw, formerly worn by Cape Malays.

a large straw hat.

a kind of straw hat with a wide brim.

A hardened straw hat with a flat top and a brim, originally worn while boating. Cf. slightly earlier boater hat at compounds and also straw boater n.…

a hat worn while boating; cf. boater, n. 2.

colloquial. A (man's) straw hat.

(a) a straw mattress (see also quot. 1901); (b) a straw hat.

A hat with a brim. Cf. bowler, n.3 a. Now chiefly local; spec. a straw hat.

= boater, n. 2.

A fine straw of a very close weave, used for hats. Also attributive, and short for balibuntal hat.