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A hat that mistook its own brim for a triangle and a personality.
means A hat with its brim turned up on three sides to form a triangular shape, popular menswear from roughly the late 1600s through the 1700s.
from From Latin tri- 'three' plus cornu 'horn' or 'point' — so literally 'three-horned.' The style arose when wide, floppy hat brims got cocked (pinned or folded up) on three sides for practicality, keeping rain off the face while staying out of the way. The word itself is a later, tidy label — English picked it up in the 1800s to describe a shape that soldiers, pirates, and gentlemen had already been wearing for generations before anyone bothered to name it.
- origin
- evolved from floppy 17th-century hats pinned up for rain
- peak era
- 18th century, worn by soldiers and pirates alike
- fashion logic
- pinned brim kept rain off face and powder on wig
- legacy
- now mostly worn by pirates and Napoleon reenactors