ten-gallon hat

ten-gallon hat
/ten"gal'euhn/
a broad-brimmed hat with a high crown, worn esp. in the western and southwestern U.S.; cowboy hat. Cf. sombrero.
[1925-30; said to be < Sp galón braid, GALLOON (rows of which were wrapped above the brim)]

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