bowler hat

See also: bowlerhat

English

A bowler (hat)

Etymology

From the name of the hatmakers Thomas and William Bowler, associated with early production.

Noun

bowler hat (plural bowler hats)

1. A hard round black felt hat with a narrow brim, formerly worn by men.

   Synonyms: bowler, (US) derby

   • 2012 March 22, Scott Tobias, “Cabin Boy”, in AV Club‎^[1]:

     It takes a special arrogance to snort at an oral report on the origins (and proper tipping) of the bowler hat, but there’s Nathanial, giggling his way through the presentation before offering up his report on the more rarefied 14th-century Norwegian derby.

Derived terms

• bowler hat out
• bowlered
• bowler-hatted

Translations

hard round black felt hat

• Afrikaans: bolhoed
• Bulgarian: бомбе́ n (bombé)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 禮帽／礼帽 (zh) (lǐmào), 圓頂硬禮帽／圆顶硬礼帽 (yuándǐng yìng lǐmào)

• Czech: buřinka (cs) f
• Dutch: bolhoed (nl) m, dophoed (nl) m
• Finnish: knalli (fi)
• French: chapeau melon (fr) m
• German: Melone (de) f, Melonenhut m
• Hungarian: keménykalap (hu)
• Indonesian: topi derbi, topi caplin (literally “Charlie Chaplin's hat”)
• Italian: bombetta f
• Japanese: 山高帽 (やまたかぼう, yamatakabō), 山高帽子 (やまたかぼうし, yamatakabōshi)
• Korean: 중산모 (ko) (jungsanmo)
• Lao: ໝວກເດີຣບີ (mūak dœ̄n bī)
• Macedonian: полуцили́ндер m (polucilínder)
• Persian: شاپو ملون (šâpo melon)
• Polish: melonik (pl) m
• Portuguese: chapéu-coco m, chapéu de coco m
• Russian: котело́к (ru) m (kotelók)
• Slovak: pinč m
• Spanish: bombín (es) m, hongo (es) m
• Swedish: plommonstop (sv) n
• Thai: หมวกดาร์บี้

Verb

bowler hat (third-person singular simple present bowler hats, present participle bowler hatting, simple past and past participle bowler hatted)

1. Synonym of bowler hat out (“eject someone from an organization”)

See also

• hat trick

Further reading

• bowler hat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• throwable