tricorne
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- noun
- /ˈtraɪkɔrn/
- Archaic
- In historical reenactments, many participants choose to don a tricorne to accurately portray 18th-century attire.
- tricorne hat
Examples
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You might have missed the sustained beating it took throughout the campaign, given how hard the Democrats worked to paint the Romney/Ryan ticket as a tricorne-wearing Godzilla lurching toward a helpless village.
Blog text (6) -
The nobleman tipped his tricorne respectfully as he greeted the guests at the event.
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The cockade on Healy's tricorne is still wet with snow.
Fiction book (1993) -
Differences in clothing here are significant: shop hands wear aprons, the printmaker a tricorne, coat, and sword.
Academic text (1995) -
In addition, because of the pompon colorado on their tricornes, auxiliary policemen are called "guindillas" (187,308).
Academic text (1994) -
At the costume party, he proudly wore a tricorne hat that drew everyone's attention.
Synonyms
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A hat with the brim turned up to form three points
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tricorne comes from French parts tri- 'three' and corne 'horn', the same 'corne' you see in unicorn. So it literally means a 'three-horned' hat — the brim is turned up in three places to make three points, which is why the name fits the hat.