Billycock Definition

bĭlē-kŏk
noun
A felt hat with a low, rounded crown, similar to a derby.
American Heritage
A type of felt hat with a low, round crown, as a derby.
Webster's New World

(dated) A felt hat with a rounded crown, similar to a bowler.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Billycock

Noun

Singular:
billycock
Plural:
billycocks

Origin of Billycock

  • Perhaps from earlier bullycocked cocked in the fashion of a swashbuckler bully gallant figure cock

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Apparently an alteration of earlier bully-cocked.

    From Wiktionary

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