trilby

English

trilby hat

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɪlbi/

Noun

trilby (plural trilbys or trilbies)

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
   • 1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 13, in Well Tackled!‎^[1]:

     “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.”

Synonyms

• (Britain) brown trillby

Translations

type of hat

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 特里比帽

• Danish: trilby
• Italian: trilby
• Finnish: trilby (fi)
• French: trilby (fr)
• Lithuanian: trilbis
• Dutch: Trilby
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: trilby

• Russian: трильби (trilʹbi)
• Spanish: trilby
• Swedish: trilbyhatt
• Ukrainian: трилбі (trylbi)

See also

• fedora

Further reading

• trilby on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:trilby on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• blirty