stovepipe hat

English

Historical photo of Abraham Lincoln wearing stovepipe hat

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Noun

stovepipe hat (plural stovepipe hats)

1. (idiomatic) A type of top hat worn mainly in the 19th century, made of silk or other materials and having a very tall, cylindrical, flat-topped crown.
   • 1885, Mark Twain, chapter 21, in Huckleberry Finn:

     One long, lanky man, with long hair and a big white fur stovepipe hat on the back of his head, and a crooked-handled cane, marked out the places.

Synonyms

• Abraham Lincoln hat

Derived terms

• stovepipe-hatted

 

Translations

stovepipe hat — see top hat