shovel hat

短语

(教士等戴的)铲形宽边帽

词形变化

shovel hats 复数 shovel hats

别名

shovel

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A broad-brimmed style of hat, varying widely in detail, generally turned up at the sides and projecting in front like a shovel, formerly worn by some clergy in Britain, especially clergy of the Church of England.

    非正式
  2. 2.

    Styles of tricorn hats worn by certain categories of Roman Catholic clerics in many countries, roughly during the nineteenth century, commonly described as "shovel hats" by Anglophones.

    1825 Lionel Lexicographer an Improved Roman Catholic Dictionary and Expositor of the Popish Religion and Policy On landing at Naples, I was struck with the large number of ecclesiastics, in different garbs that were to be seen in all the streets. They all looked extremely fantastical and self-satisfied. ... I soon learned that the fat, well-fed , and well dressed persons, with large shovel hats, were priests ...

    1870 S. Baring-Gould in Exitu Israel They touched their caps to the curé, who removed his shovel hat and bowed low, without, however, withdrawing his eyes from the book.

  3. 3.

    During the period of the popularity of shovel hats as clerical hats: any ecclesiastic, particularly one in traditional garb.

    非正式 废旧

    In the mean while, let me recommend to you, and to all Parsons, to read Mr. Carlile's pamphlet, the Republican, of the 2nd of August. It will do your very hearts good. Give it to your parishioners to read. They will find out a great deal from it; and they will not want to trouble you much in future. I expected that the fire-shovel hats would get it in that Number; and they have got it, and laid on with a heavy hand!

    The enmity, which, in your Political Register, you have, for years, shewn to the "Fire-shovel Hats", or to the Clergy of the Church established by law, in particular, and to Dissenters from that Church, in general, in whatever state of mind it might have left you, has, I believe, not failed to persuade your readers, that, you are much about the same sort of Christian as I am.

    1828 A Late Scene at Swanage: Odes Upon Cash, Corn, Catholics, &c. selected from the columns of the Times Journal For he misses his parsons, his dear shovel hats, who used to flock round him at Swanage like rooks.

词汇关系

名词

词源

From the shape. Apparently originally "fire shovel hat" or "fire-shovel-hat" based on a fire shovel.

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