cowboy hat

noun

: a wide-brimmed hat with a large soft crown

called also ten-gallon hat

Examples of cowboy hat in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

From the stands, more than 5,000 spectators dressed for the occasion in cowboy hats, leather boots and ornate rodeo belt buckles cheered them on. — Haley Parsley october 4, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2026

Karol donned a cowboy hat for the song, a thrilling throwback to '90s Tejano. — Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 28 Sep. 2026

Sporting a cowboy hat, grill and goatee, Cho makes for a menacing villain who more than holds his own against the heavyweight Ali. — Marlow Stern, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026

In the music video, shot on a friend’s farm in Canada, Jaggseer sports a cowboy hat and denim while Singh wears a black chest pack. — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1882, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cowboy hat

• acrobat
• autocrat
• automat
• bundesrat
• bureaucrat
• butterfat
• caveat
• chemostat
• copycat
• cryostat
• democrat
• diplomat