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Answer for the clue "Tall fur hat ", 5 letters:
busby

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A fur hat, usually with a plume in the front, worn by certain members of the military or brass bands.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. tall hat; worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions [syn: bearskin , shako ]

Gazetteer Word definitions in Gazetteer
Population (2000): 695 Housing Units (2000): 201 Land area (2000): 14.197736 sq. miles (36.771966 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.049094 sq. miles (0.127152 sq. km) Total area (2000): 14.246830 sq. miles (36.899118 sq. km) FIPS code: 11200 Located within: ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Busby is the English name for the Hungarian prémes csákó ("fur shako ") or kucsma , a military head-dress made of fur , originally worn by Hungarian hussars . In its original Hungarian form the busby was a cylindrical fur cap, having a bag of coloured cloth ...

Usage examples of busby.

She had always been a willful child and Busby had not been too surprised the day Laura announced her intentions of moving to Santa Fe to look for work.

As far as he knew, Grandpa Busby had only left the reservation on very few occasions throughout his seventy-five years.

Kenny, but he knew it would do no good to question Busby further at the moment.

Laura could almost hear Grandpa Busby scolding her for eating such garbage for breakfast.

Riddled with guilt, Busby could not even find it in him to look at his granddaughter.

Helping Busby to his feet, Laura motioned to him that he should follow her.

Grandpa Busby, Kenny, and his new wife Yvette stood in the doorway of the cabin.

Lieutenant Busby, tried to question him in the kitchen of the farm house inside the fence, but he saw very quickly that the prisoner was in no shape to be questioned.

While the enlisted survivors were being released, the only officers still free were such as Lieutenant Busby, those who had been on detached duty when the attack came.

He would have looked up Lieutenant Busby at once but decided that it would not do to disturb the officer so late at night.

He decided that Busby would not be interested in the details of his ranch school education.

He did not stay long with Busby but was transferred to a company of gondola infantry operating between CuiCui and New London.

Max Busby was carrying a lot of the material in his memory and Max never came back.

It was at this time that the Russians spontaneously offered to return to the West the remains of Max Busby, an American shot while crossing the Wall in 1978, Some inferred that it was part of a secret deal.

From what Commander Busby says about their surveillance assets in the area, I figure that gives us the best chance of getting in undetected.