cowboy hat

Western brim topper

A cowboy hat is a wide-brimmed hat with a high crown, traditionally worn by cattle ranchers in the American West.

The broad brim provides shade from sun and rain.

Cowboy hats remain practical workwear on ranches but also serve as fashion items and symbols of Western identity: He tipped his cowboy hat to the ladies.

ranching

wrangler

Livestock handler on ranches

  • cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
  • roundupOrganized gathering of scattered things
  • brandingCreating distinctive identity

herding · corral · lasso · chaps · spurs · saddle · stockman · drover · gaucho · vaquero

headwear

brim

Projecting edge or lip

  • feltCompressed fiber textile
  • open-roadUnobstructed route for travel
  • beaverDam-constructing aquatic rodent

palm-leaf · hatband · crown · crease · weathered · ventilated · straw · gambler · sweatband · leather

western

frontier

Edge of settlement

prairie · tumbleweed · six-shooter · outlaw · gunslinger · desperado · bandit · marshal · holster · dusty

iconic

Americana

Heritage artifacts or music

nostalgia · timeless · vintage · cinematic · Hollywood · Texas · Nashville · honky-tonk · rhinestone

rodeo

bronc

Untamed saddle horse

chutes · grandstand · champion · buckle · tie-down

Categories
Opposites
cultural/regional style

cowboy hatbaseball cap

Soft hat, stiff brim

beret · top hat · bowler hat · homburg · flat cap

formality and social context

cowboy hattop hat

Tall formal headwear

bowler hat · fedora · homburg · trilby · pillbox hat

structural design

cowboy hatskullcap

Tight-fitting brimless cap

beanie · watch cap · yarmulke · swimming cap · shower cap

Family

hat, cowboy, cowboys, cowgirl, cowhand, cattleman, cowpoke

Familiarity
Top 20,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G