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Definition of Cavalier hat
1. Noun. A soft felt hat with a wide flexible brim.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cavalier Hat
Literary usage of Cavalier hat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Two Centuries of Costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX by Alice Morse Earle (1903)
"An excellent representation of the cavalier hat may be seen on the figure of
Oliver Cromwell (page 35), which shows him dismissing Parliament. ..."
2. A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the by Cornelis Hofstede de Groot (1907)
"The cavalier's hat hangs on a chair in the right foreground. It is a late work
of inferior quality. Signed at the top to the left, " Pd Hoogh " ; canvas, ..."
3. Macmillan's Magazine by John Morley, Mowbray Morris, David Masson, George Grove (1872)
"... and the man brought the hat down to him; and he saw it was a chevalier's
hat—” “A cavalier's hat,” suggested Bell; and the Lieutenant assented. ..."
4. Life of Richard Wagner by Carl Friedrich Glasenapp, William Ashton Ellis (1904)
"Never mind the rhodomontade thus propped on a mere stage-bauble; never mind the
inappropriateness of a cavalier hat to a sea-captain's ..."
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