English Explanatory Dictionary

ten-gallon hat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A large cowboy hat, not holding ten gallons like the name would suggest but usually around three quarts.

Word forms

ten-gallon hat ten-gallon hats 10-gallon hat

Etymology

Not certain. An earlier form without the number, gallon hat, comes by folk etymology from the Spanish galón (“braid”). It may also be a hyperbolic reference to the size of the hat, or a combination of the two.

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