Meanings
plural stovepipe hats
- idiomaticA type of top hat worn mainly in the 19th century, made of silk or other materials and having a very tall, cylindrical, flat-topped crown.
One long, lanky man, with long hair and a big white fur stovepipe hat on the back of his head, and a crooked-handled cane, marked out the places.
1885, Mark Twain, chapter 21, in Huckleberry FinnSynonyms: Abraham Lincoln hat
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA type of top hat worn mainly in the 19th century, made of silk or other materials and having a very tall, cylindrical, flat-topped crown.
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