noun
- a long pin used to secure a hat to the hair
Usage: historical
Examples
- She carefully inserted the hatpin through her hat and into her hair.
- Victorian women often used decorative hatpins with ornate heads.
- The antique hatpin had a pearl at its tip.
- Without a hatpin, her hat kept sliding off in the wind.
- The museum displayed a collection of vintage hatpins from the 1900s.
- She pricked her finger on the sharp hatpin while adjusting her hat.