English

A straw hat.

A Japanese straw hat.

Alternative forms

• straw-hat
• strawhat

Noun

straw hat ‎(plural straw hats)

1. A stiff hat, made from woven straw.
   • 2008, Michael Cantwell, Chasing Mayan Dreams: Adventures in the Mexican Rain Forest, ISBN 0595913474:

     She felt uncomfortable and ridiculous in her heavy straw hat and dark, tight-fitting linen dress with the padded shoulders.

   • 2014, Roberta Rogow, The Problem of the Missing Miss, ISBN 9049980287:

     Mr. Dodgson removed his hat as he and Dr. Doyle settled themselves into their carriage, across from a stout man in a striped jacket and straw hat, and two ladies of middle years dressed in severely cut ecru linen summer traveling dresses.

   • 2015, Maureen Earl, Gulliver Quick: A Novel, ISBN 145329385X:

     Although the day was lightly overcast, Gulliver wore a torn large-brimmed straw hat.

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