cocked hat

Definition of Cocked Hat in English :

1. cocked hat

hat with opposing brims turned up and caught together to form points

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Cocked Hat

noun

1.

a hat with opposing brims turned up and caught together in order to give two points (bicorn) or three points (tricorn)

2. knock into a cocked hat

1.

a three-cornered hat with a turned-up brim

2.

a hat pointed in front and in back and with the crown rising to a point

n.

A hat with the brim turned up in two or three places, especially a three-cornered hat; a tricorn.