1. three-cornered hats with brims turned up on three sides, typically worn in the 17th and 18th centuries
Usage: historical

Examples

• The colonial reenactors wore authentic tricorns and period costumes.
• Pirates in movies are often depicted wearing tricorns and eye patches.
• The museum displayed a collection of 18th-century tricorns worn by naval officers.
• George Washington is frequently portrayed wearing one of those distinctive tricorns.
• The costume shop rented out tricorns for the Revolutionary War play.
• Tricorns were fashionable among European gentlemen during the colonial period.