trilby

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
12
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈtɹɪlbi/

Definition of trilby

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. narrow-brimmed type of felt hat, described as having a "shorter brim which is angled down at the front and slightly turned up at the back" in comparison to the fedora
    ““Nothing very special, sir. He had a mack or coat over his arm, and a trilby hat. He wore a tweed suit, sir, I think.””
    “Billy was seventeen years old. He was wearing a new navy-blue overcoat, a new brown trilby hat, and a new brown suit, and he was feeling fine.”

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Etymology

From the stage adaptation of George du Maurier's novel Trilby, in which such hats were worn.

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