the.com/tricorn hat
A hat that folds its brim three times so you can doff it without losing an eye.
means A hat with its brim turned up and pinned into three points, popular menswear from roughly the 1700s through the early 1800s.
from From Latin tri- ('three') plus cornu ('horn' or 'corner'), so literally 'three-cornered.' The style itself grew out of simpler cocked hats whose wide, floppy brims got pinned up on three sides — partly for fashion, partly to keep rain off the face while still leaving a sharp silhouette. The word 'tricorn' is actually a later label; people of the era mostly just called it a 'cocked hat.'
- origin
- started as a practical rain gutter for cavalry hats
- peak era
- 18th century, worn by pirates and presidents alike
- name truth
- three corners, zero relation to actual unicorns
- decline cause
- replaced by the taller bicorn, worn sideways for ease