FELT HAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does felt hat mean? 

• FELT HAT (noun)
  The noun FELT HAT has 1 sense:

1. a hat made of felt with a creased crown

  Familiarity information: FELT HAT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FELT HAT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A hat made of felt with a creased crown

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

fedora; felt hat; homburg; Stetson; trilby

Hypernyms ("felt hat" is a kind of...):

chapeau; hat; lid (headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim)

 Context examples 

I glanced round and had a side view of a tall and well-dressed young man in a long, brown travelling coat and a black felt hat.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Now, then: ‘Found at the corner of Goodge Street, a goose and a black felt hat.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Laurie threw back his head, and laughed so heartily at this attack, that the felt hat fell off, and Jo walked on it, which insult only afforded him an opportunity for expatiating on the advantages of a rough-and-ready costume, as he folded up the maltreated hat, and stuffed it into his pocket.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Beside the couch was a wooden chair, and on the angle of the back hung a very seedy and disreputable hard-felt hat, much the worse for wear, and cracked in several places.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)