potaen.
/ˈpəʊtʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈpoʊˌdaɪ/, New Zealand English /ˈpotʌe/, /ˈpoːtɑe/, /ˈpʌudɑe/ New Zealand.
Any of various types of Maori head covering; (later more generally) a hat.
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cap (also hat) of maintenancec1475
hat1483
wishing-hat1600
cockle hat1603
porringer1623
poke1632
custard-cap1649
bonnet1675
muff-box1678
Caroline1687
Quaker1778
meat safe1782
balloon hat1784
gypsy hat1785
cabriolet1797
gypsy bonnet1803
Gypsy1806
Wellington hat1809
fan-tail-hat1810
umbrella hat1817
radical1828
caubeen1831
topi1835
montera1838
Petersham1845
squash hat1860
Moab1864
kiddy1865
flap-hat1866
Dolly Varden1872
brush-hata1877
potae1881
Pope's-hat1886
plateau1890
kelly1915
push-back1920
kiss-me-quick hat1963
pakul1982
tinfoil hat1982
1840 J. S. Polack Manners & Customs New Zealanders I. 180 Coverings for the head (potai) are rarely made use of.]
1881 J. L. Campbell Poenamo 71 How pretty she'll look in her new potai.
1900 Auckland Weekly News Xmas Issue 12 A dumb and touching expression of the chief's woe is his potae lying beside the dead boy, where he has flung it down in a paroxysm of grief and despair.
1907 J. C. Andersen Maori Life in Ao-tea xxii. 333 Some potae were simply fillets with thrums hanging over.
1946 A. H. Reed Farthest North 72 My hat blew off... I ran to retrieve my potai.
1999 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) (Nexis) 25 June 7 Mr Samuels..was ordered to take his trademark potae off or leave.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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