squam

English

Etymology

Shortened from Annisquam, name of a village on the coast of Massachusetts.

Noun

squam (plural squams)

1. (US, fishing) An oilskin hat; a southwester.
   • 1910, Frederick Ritchie Bechdolt, The Hard Rock Man, page 162:

     He raised his big hand to his squam hat. It lingered there and he removed the hat a little clumsily. She smiled again brightly. "Merry Christmas!" she cried. He smiled back, holding his squam hat in his hand, "Merry Christmas to ye, Miss," he answered gravely and she departed.

Anagrams

• Quams