1848 W. G. Simms in 119/1 A hat with a band of crape around it—a mourning hat.
1900 C. C. Munn x. 75 Her sweet face, sheltered by a mourning-hat on Sunday at church, was a magnet.
2000 (Electronic ed.) 13 Nov. 24 When he [sc. a child in China] dies..no one will wear a white mourning hat for him.