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
tricornes
noun
variants or tricorns
as in shakos
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- shakos
- berets
- kepis
- bonnets
- panamas
- helmets
- turbans
- helms
- skullcaps
- hoods
- sunbonnets
- casques
- toques
- sombreros
- fezzes
- fezes
- fedoras
- tams
- hats
- pillboxes
- hard hats
- cloches
- birettas
- mitres
- leghorns
- derbies
- baseball caps
- service caps
- toppers
- silk hats
- shakoes
- picture hats
- top hats
- chapeaus
- high hats
- castors
- boaters
- headdresses
- bowlers
- plug hats
- miters
- cowboy hats
- opera hats
- kufis
- cowls
- stocking caps
- garrison caps
- chapeaux
- headgears
- cocked hats
- stovepipes
- overseas caps
- calottes
- headpieces
- képis
- skimmers
- billycocks
- Stetsons
- homburgs
- sou'westers
- capuches
- nightcaps
- ten-gallon hats
- caps
- porkpie hats
- zucchettos
- tam-o'-shanters
- lids
- warbonnets
