Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A hat with a very broad brim, especially the form of hat worn by members of the Society of Friends.
  • noun Hence A member of that society; a Quaker.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A hat with a very broad brim, like those worn by men of the society of Friends.
  • noun Sportive A member of the society of Friends; a Quaker.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A hat with a very broad brim.
  • noun humorous, dated A Quaker.

Etymologies

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broad +‎ brim

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Examples

  • Aware that some athletes might want to cash in even before the cereal-endorsement folks showed up, USOC handlers pleaded with the American athletes not to sell or trade their official uniforms (comprising nearly 50 articles of clothing, from broadbrim felt hats to leather flight jackets) - at least until after the closing ceremonies.

    New Age Games 2008

  • In the daylit corridor he talked with voluble pains of zeal, in duty bound, most fair, most kind, most honest broadbrim. —

    Ulysses 2003

  • But on his rapid way he had found time to fling his hazel stick into a corner, his rough broadbrim upon the table, and these few emphatic words at his nephew:

    Journey to the Interior of the Earth 2003

  • Arrived at the village, we encountered one little procession after another of broadbrim straws and Shaker bonnets turning out of the several houses as we drove past.

    Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873 Various

  • And hanging the antique broadbrim on a bust of Plato, Jo read her letters.

    Little Women 1921

  • In the daylit corridor he talked with voluble pains of zeal, in duty bound, most fair, most kind, most honest broadbrim.

    Ulysses James Joyce 1911

  • Father Bourassa fanned himself with the black broadbrim hat he wore, and looked benignly but quizzically on the wiry, sharp-faced Irishman.

    Northern Lights, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897

  • Father Bourassa fanned himself with the black broadbrim hat he wore, and looked benignly but quizzically on the wiry, sharp-faced Irishman.

    Northern Lights, Volume 4. Gilbert Parker 1897

  • Father Bourassa fanned himself with the black broadbrim hat he wore, and looked benignly but quizzically on the wiry, sharp-faced Irishman.

    The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

  • Father Bourassa fanned himself with the black broadbrim hat he wore, and looked benignly but quizzically on the wiry, sharp-faced Irishman.

    Northern Lights Gilbert Parker 1897

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