slouch hat

noun

A broad-brimmed felt hat worn by soldiers, often with a clasp on the left side to allow a rifle to be carried over the shoulder.

Meanings

nounslouch hat (plural slouch hats)

plural slouch hats

  1. A broad-brimmed felt hat worn by soldiers, often with a clasp on the left side to allow a rifle to be carried over the shoulder.

    But I traded my slouch hat to a Tommy for his helmet, got eight canteens of water, and returned to Reserve Gully.

    1933, Frank Clune, Try Anything Once, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 113

    Synonyms: Australian bush hat, Kossuth hat, sloucher

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA broad-brimmed felt hat worn by soldiers, often with a clasp on the left side to allow a rifle to be carried over the shoulder.

More synonyms by meaning

nouna soft felt hat with a wide flexible brim

Similar
cavalier hat

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Basque txanbergo
  • txanbergobroad-brimmed felt hat
Catalan xamberg
  • xambergbroad-brimmed felt hat
Finnish lerppahattu, lierihattu
  • lerppahattubroad-brimmed felt hat
  • lierihattubroad-brimmed felt hat
French chapeau mou
  • chapeau moubroad-brimmed felt hat
German Schlapphut
  • Schlapphutbroad-brimmed felt hat
Irish hata cromdhuilleach
  • hata cromdhuilleachbroad-brimmed felt hat
Italian cappello a cencio
  • cappello a cenciobroad-brimmed felt hat
Korean 소프트모자
  • 소프트모자 (sopeuteumoja)broad-brimmed felt hat
Spanish chambergo
  • chambergobroad-brimmed felt hat
Swedish slokhatt
  • slokhattbroad-brimmed felt hat
Welsh het gantel lipa
  • het gantel lipabroad-brimmed felt hat
Cite this entry
APA

slouch hat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slouch%20hat

MLA

“slouch hat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slouch%20hat. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slouch hat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slouch%20hat.

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