straw hat

See also: strawhat, and straw-hat

English

A straw hat.

A Japanese straw hat.

Alternative forms

• straw-hat, strawhat

Etymology

From Middle English strawe hatt, strawehatte, stree hatte.

Noun

straw hat (plural straw hats)

1. A stiff hat, made from woven straw.
   • 2008, Michael Cantwell, Chasing Mayan Dreams: Adventures in the Mexican Rain Forest, →ISBN:

     She felt uncomfortable and ridiculous in her heavy straw hat and dark, tight-fitting linen dress with the padded shoulders.

   • 2014, Roberta Rogow, The Problem of the Missing Miss, →ISBN:

     Mr. Dodgson removed his hat as he and Dr. Doyle settled themselves into their carriage, across from a stout man in a striped jacket and straw hat, and two ladies of middle years dressed in severely cut ecru linen summer traveling dresses.

   • 2015, Maureen Earl, Gulliver Quick: A Novel, →ISBN:

     Although the day was lightly overcast, Gulliver wore a torn large-brimmed straw hat.

Translations

type of hat

• Bulgarian: сламена шапка f (slamena šapka)
• Catalan: barret de palla m, pallola (ca) f (wide-brimmed)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 草帽 (zh) (cǎomào)

• Czech: slamák (cs) m
• Dutch: strohoed (nl) m
• Esperanto: pajlĉapelo
• Finnish: olkihattu (fi)
• French: chapeau de paille m
• German: Strohhut (de) m
• Hebrew: כובע קש m
• Hungarian: szalmakalap (hu)
• Japanese: 麦藁帽子 (ja) (むぎわらぼうし, mugiwarabōshi)
• Korean: 밀짚모자 (miljimmoja)
• Northern East Cree: ᒥᔥᑯᔒᐅᔥᑐᑎᓐ (mishkoshiioshtotin)
• Portuguese: chapéu de palha m
• Russian: соло́менная шля́па f (solómennaja šljápa)
• Swedish: stråhatt (sv) c, halmhatt (sv) c
• Tibetan: རྩྭ་ཞྭ (rtswa zhwa)
• Welsh: het wellt f
• Yoruba: àkẹtẹ̀