broadbrim
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editbroadbrim (plural broadbrims)
- A hat with a very broad brim.
- (humorous or derogatory, dated, often capitalized) A Quaker.
- (humorous, archaic, by extension) A quiet, sedate, respectable old man.
References
edit- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
References
edit- “broadbrim”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.