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straw hat

Today it means: A stiff hat, made from woven straw. Full definition →

Middle English strawe hatt

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Middle English · inherited fromstrawe hatt
English todaystraw hat

From Middle English strawe hatt, strawehatte, stree hatte.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.