unhatting

U1N1H4A1T1T1I1N1G2

noun

The removal of one's hat.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of unhat
noununhatting (plural unhattings)

plural unhattings

  1. The removal of one's hat.

    Such extreme instances yield verifications, if there need any, of the conclusion that the mutual bows, and courtesies, and unhattings, among ourselves, are remnants of the original prostrations and strippings of the captive.

    1878, Popular Science, volume 13, number 9, page 162
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