noun. A felt hat with a low, rounded crown, similar to a derby.

noun. A stiff, round, low-crowned felt hat: often called a billycock hat. Also spelled billicock.

A round, low-crowned felt hat; a wideawake.

noun. A felt hat with a rounded crown, similar to a bowler.

"A billycock is a beautiful object (it may be eagerly urged), but it is not in the same style of architecture as Ely Cathedral; it is a dome, a small rococo dome in the Renaissance manner, and does not go with the pointed arches that assault heaven like spears."

billycock hat  

astrakhan  banged-up  beaver skin  black-lace  cocked-up  

wide-awake