trilby

From the stage adaptation of George du Maurier's novel Trilby, in which such hats were worn.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɪlbi/

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trilby (plural trilbys or trilbies)

1. narrow-brimmed type of felt hat, described as having a "shorter brim which is angled down at the front and slightly turned up at the back" in comparison to the fedora
   • 1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 13, in Well Tackled!‎^[1]:

     “Nothing very special, sir. He had a mack or coat over his arm, and a trilby hat. He wore a tweed suit, sir, I think.”

   • 1959 November 20, Roald Dahl, "The Landlady"‎^[2], archived from the original on 19 March 2023:

     Billy was seventeen years old. He was wearing a new navy-blue overcoat, a new brown trilby hat, and a new brown suit, and he was feeling fine.

• (Britain) brown trillby

• fedora

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• blirty