tricorne
noun
tri·corne ˈtrī-ˌkȯrn 
variants or tricorn
: cocked hat sense 1
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Johnson made this conversation explicit by name-checking or picturing Evans, Lee Friedlander, Duane Michals, and Richard Avedon—the latter pops up here in a picture on a book cover, which Johnson has topped with a pirate’s tricorne hat. 
Vince Aletti, The New Yorker, 22 July 2022 Jamie looks dapper and colonial, walking through Edinburgh on his way to work, tricorne and all. Roxane Gay, Glamour, 22 Oct. 2017
Vince Aletti, The New Yorker, 22 July 2022 Jamie looks dapper and colonial, walking through Edinburgh on his way to work, tricorne and all. Roxane Gay, Glamour, 22 Oct. 2017 Word History
Etymology
French tricorne, from tricorne three-cornered, from Latin tricornis, from tri- + cornu horn — more at horn
First Known Use
1857, in the meaning defined above
tricorne
noun
variants or tricorn
as in shako
Synonyms & Similar Words
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- shako
- beret
- homburg
- turban
- sombrero
- fez
- bonnet
- kepi
- biretta
- toque
- helmet
- panama
- hat
- skullcap
- fedora
- tam
- cloche
- sunbonnet
- hood
- casque
- leghorn
- calotte
- zucchetto
- pillbox
- derby
- helm
- chapeau
- bowler
- kufi
- hard hat
- mitre
- miter
- headdress
- stovepipe
- boater
- baseball cap
- castor
- silk hat
- capuche
- topper
- top hat
- picture hat
- headgear
- service cap
- high hat
- plug hat
- opera hat
- overseas cap
- stocking cap
- cowl
- cowboy hat
- cocked hat
- garrison cap
- képi
- billycock
- skimmer
- Stetson
- sou'wester
- cap
- ten-gallon hat
- porkpie hat
- nightcap
- tam-o'-shanter
- headpiece
- warbonnet
- lid
- truth be known
- truth be told
- truth be told/known
- Truth or Consequences
- truth serum
- truth set
- truth table
- truth-function
- truth-functional
- truth-functionally
- truth-value
- truther
- truthers
- truthful
- truthfuler
- truthfulest
- truthfuller
- truthfullest
- truthfullier
- truthfulliest
- truthfully
- truthfulness
- truthfulnesses
- truthiness
- truthless