A man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur.
1 His dress hat rested on his lanky frame like a cap on a coat rack.
2 Bradlaugh, for an example, wears a black dress coat, silk dress hat , lay-down collar and black necktie, and carries a cane.
3 On arrival, she will detach the bow and pin on a couple of plumes, an aigrette, or flowers, converting it into a dress hat .
4 Casement wore the ceremonial blunted sword and dress hat when he was knighted in 1911 by King George V for his services to Amazonian Indians.
5 Rifles were kept in the rack, barrels to the front, with dress hats on the shelf, and a mirror in the middle of the mantelshelf.
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