trilby (redirected from trilby hat)

tril·by  (trlb)

n. pl. tril·bies

A soft felt hat with a deeply creased crown.

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[After the novel Trilby by George du Maurier (because such a hat was worn in the original London stage production based on the novel).]

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trilby [ˈtrɪlbɪ]

n pl -bies

1. (Clothing & Fashion) Chiefly Brit a man's soft felt hat with an indented crown

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) (plural) Slang feet

[named after Trilby, the heroine of a dramatized novel (1893) of that title by George du Maurier]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Trilby - singer in a novel by George du Maurier who was under the control of the hypnotist Svengali
	2.	trilby - a hat made of felt with a creased crown fedora, felt hat, homburg, Stetson chapeau, hat, lid - headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim

Translations

trilby [ˈtrɪlbɪ] N (Brit) (also trilby hat) → sombrero m flexible, sombrero m tirolés

trilby [ˈtrɪlbi] n (British) (also trilby hat) → chapeau m mou, feutre m

trilby

n (also trilby hat) → weicher Filzhut

trilby [ˈtrɪlbɪ] n (Brit) (also trilby hat) → cappello di feltro