cocked hat (redirected from knocks into a cocked hat)

cocked hat (kkt)

n.

A hat with the brim turned up in two or three places, especially a three-cornered hat; a tricorn.

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cocked hat

n

1. (Clothing & Fashion) a hat with opposing brims turned up and caught together in order to give two points (bicorn) or three points (tricorn)

knock into a cocked hat Slang to outdo or defeat

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

cocked hat - hat with opposing brims turned up and caught together to form points bicorn, bicorne - a cocked hat with the brim turned up to form two points chapeau, hat, lid - headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim tricorn, tricorne - cocked hat with the brim turned up to form three points