A hat is a head covering which is worn for various reasons, including protection against weather conditions.
Hats commonly worn today
Alpine hat
Panama, also jipijapa
slouch hat, also digger hat, Australian slouch hat
Hats worn in the past, or rarely worn today
Men's
boater, also basher
bowler hat, also coke hat, billycock, boxer, bun hat
boxer a tall hat
cabbage-tree hat a hat woven from leaves of the cabbage tree
capotain (and women) - a tall conical hat, 17th century, usually black - also, copotain, copatain
Caroline (hat) - 17th Century
carriage hat - 1780s-1820s
caubeen - Irish hat
cavalier hat, also chevaliers, wide brimmed hat trimmed with ostrich plumes
chapeau-bras - 18th century, small three cornered hat which was carried under one arm
chimney-pot hat, also lum-hat, Victorian, also worn by clerics in the Greek Orthodox Church
pork pie hat, also trilby
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