shovel hat
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Noun
- A broad-brimmed style of hat, varying widely in detail, generally turned up at the sides and projecting in front like a shovel, formerly worn by some clergy in Britain, especially clergy of the Church of England.
- Styles of tricorn hats worn by certain categories of Roman Catholic clerics in many countries, roughly during the nineteenth century, commonly described as "shovel hats" by Anglophones.
- During the period of the popularity of shovel hats as clerical hats: any ecclesiastic, particularly one in traditional garb.
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