tricorn
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈtraɪkɔrn/
- Archaic
- She was wearing men's breeches and shirt, a black silk stock, frock coat, and tricorn hat.
- tricorn hat
Examples
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From under the tricorn hat, his face stared down at me, gaunt and unshaven, haggard, with sunken eyes.
Fiction book (1994) -
Henry Job held the reins, his old tricorn pulled down over his eyes to fend off the fine rain.
Fiction book (1994) -
Hamilton turned, took off his own tricorn, and gave us a sweeping bow.
Fiction book (1994) -
We've painted the tricorn, which is essentially like a really rich black.
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At the very least the men are in cravats and tricorn hats, which is something that I like to see.
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He nodded and looked at his tricorn hat, which he held in his hands.
Fiction book (1994) -
Over his high forehead was perched a tricorn.
Fiction book (1999) -
In front of them stood a short, rotund man in a cape and tricorn, waving his arms and shouting at them.
Fiction book (1994) -
He was dressed in unaccustomed elegance: polished black boots, a maroon cape, and a black tricorn hat pulled down over his flowing white hair.
Fiction book (1993) -
He wore a stylish tricorn hat that set him apart in the 18th-century marketplace.
Synonyms
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9.9
A hat with its edge turned up on three sides to make three points
Surface Forms
Morphology
tricorn = tri + corn
The parts 'tri-' (three) + '-corn' (point/horn) transparently encode 'three‑pointed', but the combining forms are not standalone modern words and 'corn' may mislead learners to think of the grain, so the relation is only partly obvious.
Etymology
The word tricorn comes from the parts tri- meaning 'three' and corn meaning 'horn'. So a tricorn is a hat with the brim turned up into three points, like three little horns.