opera hat
a man's tall, collapsible top hat, held open or in shape by springs and usually covered with a black, silky fabric.
Origin of opera hat
1- Also called gibus .
- Compare beaver1 (def. 4), silk hat, top hat.
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How to use opera hat in a sentence
Then they would go in, opera hat under arm, with that conquering air of married men when they are unaccompanied by their wives.
The Nabob | Alphonse DaudetLot 176—Frock coat and vest, dress coat and vest, ditto, pair of trousers and opera hat.
Happy Days | Alan Alexander MilneInstead, Gortchky wore an opera hat, with evening dress of the most fashionable description.
Dave Darrin on Mediterranean Service | H. Irving HancockA black overcoat of some stylish cut and a silk hat or crush or opera hat is also worn.
The Etiquette of To-day | Edith B. OrdwayWe are like what a music-hall Lion Comique would be without his opera-hat, if such a thing can be imagined.
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow | Jerome K. Jerome
British Dictionary definitions for opera hat
a collapsible top hat operated by a spring: Also called: gibus
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