boater
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7.8
- noun
- /ˈboʊtər/
:
canotier
- There he sat, lean and young, his hair greased back, wearing a seersucker suit and a straw boater.
- a straw boater
- boater hat
- boater cap
Examples
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Khoklov was kitted out to the nines in a three-piece linen suit and a snappy straw boater.
Fiction book (1996) -
He wore a classic straw boater to the summer wedding ceremony.
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Well, then, shall it be a bonnet or a boater?
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Men wear boaters and get along jolly well with each other.
Fiction book (2001) -
One sported a tophat and morning suit; another a straw boater.
Fiction book (1998) -
Atop her head was a jaunty straw boater with a cerise silk band.
Fiction book (1992) -
Once outside, rough-voiced barkers in stained red and white striped boater hats are selling food and souvenirs.
Fiction book (1992) -
Hank bounced into the bar wearing a white and light blue-striped sports jacket of the sort I associated with old-time vaudevillians, a white shirt, a red bow tie, white pants, white shoes, and a straw boater hat.
Fiction book (1998) -
We wore boaters, grey socks, pleated blue skirts, cream blouses, and cream blazers or cardigans.
Fiction book (2000) -
At the annual regatta, everyone donned their finest boater hats to match their outfits.
Synonyms
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1.3
A hat made of straw that protects the face from the sun
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8.1
A stiff straw hat with a flat top worn in summer or with a uniform
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9.9
A stiff straw hat with a flat crown and flat brim worn in summer
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9.9
A straw hat with a flat top and a stiff brim
A light straw hat with a flat top and a wide brim worn in warm weather
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Boater for the hat is named after boat because people who went out on boats often wore a stiff straw hat with a 'flat top' to keep the sun off. A helpful way to remember it is to picture rowers on a sunny river wearing that flat straw hat, so a boater hat is a summer or rowing hat.