cowboy hats

Rodeo rider's crown

Cowboy hats are wide-brimmed hats with high, creased crowns, originally designed for cattle ranchers in the American West.

The broad brim shields against sun and rain; the crown's shape varies by regional style.

Cowboy hats signal Western identity, worn practically by ranchers and rodeo riders, fashionably by country musicians, and symbolically by anyone invoking frontier Americana: He tipped his cowboy hat to the ladies.

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Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G