The Collaborative International Dictionary
Crush \Crush\, n.
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A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
--Addison. -
Violent pressure, as of a crowd; a crowd which produced uncomfortable pressure; as, a crush at a reception.
Crush hat, a hat which collapses, and can be carried under the arm, and when expanded is held in shape by springs; hence, any hat not injured by compressing.
Crush room, a large room in a theater, opera house, etc., where the audience may promenade or converse during the intermissions; a foyer.
Politics leave very little time for the bow window at White's in the day, or for the crush room of the opera at night.
--Macaulay.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A hat which collapses, and can be carried under the arm, and when expanded is held in shape by springs. 2 Any hat not injured by compressing
Usage examples of "crush hat".
Blancanales pushed back the camouflage-patterned crush hat he wore, looked up at the sky, checked his watch.
The only mark of it hitherto had been his more than once taking off and putting on his wide-brimmed crush hat.