Crossword clues for tricorne
Wiktionary
adv. (alternative spelling of tricorn English) n. (alternative spelling of tricorn English)
WordNet
n. cocked hat with the brim turned up to form three points [syn: tricorn]
Wikipedia
The tricorne or tricorn is a style of hat that was popular during the 18th century, falling out of style by 1800, though actually not called a "tricorne" until the mid 1800s. During the 18th century hats of this general style were referred to as "cocked hats". At the peak of its popularity, the tricorne varied greatly in style and size, and was worn not only by the aristocracy, but also as common civilian dress, and as part of military and naval uniforms. Typically made from animal fiber, the more expensive being of beaver-hair felt and the less expensive of wool felt, the hat's most distinguishing characteristic was that three sides of the brim were turned up (cocked) and either pinned, laced or buttoned in place to form a triangle around the crown. The style served two purposes: first, it allowed stylish gentlemen to show off the most current fashions of their wigs, and thus their social status; and secondly, the cocked hat, with its folded brim, was much smaller than other hats and therefore could be more easily tucked under an arm when going inside a building, where social etiquette dictated that a gentleman remove his hat. Tricornes with laced sides could have the laces loosened and the sides dropped down to provide better protection from the weather, sun and rain.
Tricornes had a rather broad brim, pinned up on either side of the head and at the back, producing a triangular shape. The hat was typically worn with the point facing forward, though it was not at all unusual for soldiers, who would often rest a rifle or musket on their left shoulder, to wear the tricorne pointed above their left eyebrow to allow better clearance. The crown is low, unlike the steeple hats worn by the Puritans or the top hat of the 19th century.
Tricornes ranged from the very simple and cheap to the extravagant, occasionally incorporating gold or silver lace trimming and feathers. In addition, military and naval versions usually bore a cockade or other national emblem at the front.
Usage examples of "tricorne".
Instead Sharpe snatched the tricorne hat off his head and ripped the black, gold and scarlet cockade of the Netherlands from its crown.
She grudged the money for the costume-hire, but when Ripon called for her, not very happily disguised as a toreador, she was ready in an outfit which included a large panniered skirt and a tricorne hat, which the costumier called a Venetian Domino.
And of these there was of a truth a most goodly array this year: mountebanks and jugglers from every corner of the world, so it seemed, for there was a man with a face as black as my lord's tricorne, and another with such flat yellow cheeks as made one think of batter pudding, and spring aconite, of eggs and other very yellow things.
Before him sits the traditional tricorne hat and the clerk, a portly and distinguished-appearing man, reads the commission naming 'beloved and faithful counsellors, Lord Keeper of our Privy Seal and the Lord Chief Justice of England, most dear cousin counsellors, most noble knights' in their full and lengthy titles.
Miss Heliotrope's black poke bonnet with itsnodding purple feathers always seemed to look larger and more imposingthan usual on Sundays, perhaps because of the increased solemnity ofher face inside it, but today it was almost eclipsed in majesty by SirBenjamin's Sunday hat, an enormous mulberry colored tricorne affair thesize of a cartwheel, that sat very insecurely upon the top of his whitepowdered wig, with a tendency to slip rakishly over his left eyewhenever the carriage jolted.
She wore thigh high black leather boots, a red jewelled bolero, and a scanty red patch covering her pubic hairs - nothing else except for a red tricorne hat atop her mound of yellow curls.
She shook out her ruffles, put on her point-edged tricorne, and professed herself in readiness to start.