Definition of Felt hat

1. Noun. A hat made of felt with a creased crown.

Exact synonyms: Fedora, Homburg, Stetson, Trilby
Generic synonyms: Chapeau, Hat, Lid

Lexicographical Neighbors of Felt Hat

felspathic
felstone
felstones
felt
felt-tip
felt-tip pen
felt-tip pens
felt-tipped
felt-tipped pen
felt-tipped pens
felt-tipping
felt-tips
felt fern
felt fungus
felt grain
felt hat (current term)
felt ten feet tall
felt tip
felt tips
felt up
felted
felter
feltered
feltering
felters
feltier
feltiest
felting
feltings
feltlike

Literary usage of Felt hat

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1861)
"The uniform shall he : Black frock coat, dark gray pantaloons, and black felt hat, with the Union cockade. C. Each man will furnish his own arms, ..."

2. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue by Robert Ellis, Great Britain Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, London Great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, 1851 (1851)
"Beaver felt hat, natural colour of the wool. Black beaver felt hat ; beaver body. Light elastic velvet hat, ou a gossamer body; French plush. ..."

3. American State Trials: A Collection of the Important and Interesting by John Davison Lawson, Robert Lorenzo Howard (1918)
"He was dressed in a suit of gray clothes, -with a low-crowned hat—a black felt hat—on. Have you seen anybody today that bears any resemblance to him? ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Till & comparatively recent date all attempts to apply machinery to the principal processes in felt hat-making resulted in failure. ..."

5. The Medical Times and Gazette (1879)
"The bit of felt hat was quite an inch deep ... with, in addition, a strip of felt hat and a separate strip of paper lining, both the width of an ordinary ..."

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