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A woman's hat with round crown and deep brim turned upwards all the way round. Said to be based on hats worn by Breton agricultural workers. [20] Bucket hat: A soft cotton hat with a wide, downwards-sloping brim. Budenovka: A soft, woolen hat covering the ears and neck, worn by Soviet troops from 1918 to 1940. [21] Busby: A small fur military ...
In the US Army, a lower felt shako superseded the top hat style, bearskin crest surmounted "round hat" in 1810. [7] The "Belgic" shako was a black felt shako with a raised front introduced in the Portuguese Marines in 1797 and then in the Portuguese Army in 1806, as the barretina. It was later adopted by the British Army, officially replacing ...
The hat has strong associations with many Islamic cultures, as well as Pan-African pride. [11] In West Africa, a kufi cap is the traditional hat for men, and is part of the national costume of most of the countries in the region. It is worn by Muslims, and African Christians. Many grandfathers and other older men wear a kufi every day to ...
Bowler, also coke hat, billycock, boxer, bun hat, derby; Busby; Bycocket – a hat with a wide brim that is turned up in the back and pointed in the front; Cabbage-tree hat – a hat woven from leaves of the cabbage tree; Capotain (and women) – a tall conical hat, 17th century, usually black – also, copotain, copatain; Caubeen – Irish hat
Woollen flat cap worn by actor Jason Isaacs (2005). A flat cap is a rounded cap with a small stiff brim in front, originating in Northern England.The hat is also known in Ireland as a paddy cap; in Scotland as a bunnet; in Wales as a Dai cap; and in the United States as an English cap or Irish cap.
Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.
A man wearing a crochet taqiyah and kurta in India. The Taqiyah (Arabic: طاقية, ALA-LC: ṭāqīyah [note 1]), also known as tagiyah or araqchin (Persian: عرقچین; Turkish: takke), is a short, rounded skullcap worn by Muslim men. [1]
An American-style 15×15 crossword grid layout. A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one ...