ten-gallon hat
Rancher's wide brim
A ten-gallon hat is a large cowboy hat with a high crown and wide brim, iconic in Western American culture.
The name is fanciful—the hat holds nowhere near ten gallons.
It likely derives from the Spanish *galón* (braid), referring to decorative hatbands, or is simply American exaggeration.
He looked like a real rancher in his ten-gallon hat.
American hat company
- rancherOne who raises livestock
- wranglerLivestock handler on ranches
- buckarooWestern cattle herder
- chapsProtective riding legwear
spurs · bandana · lasso · saddle · holster · duster · gunslinger · cattle drive
American hat company
- sombreroWide-brimmed Latin headwear
- brimProjecting edge or lip
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
- feltCompressed fiber textile
beaver · cattleman · hatband · crease · pinch · straw · sweatband · cowboy hat
Edge of settlement
- saloonDrinking establishment, often frontier
- outlawFugitive from justice
- sheriffCounty's chief officer
- gunfightArmed combat with firearms
tumbleweed · prairie · gold rush · stagecoach · desperado · bandit · duel · settler
Rhetorical extreme exaggeration
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- boastfulnessExcessive pride in oneself
- braggadocioVain, empty self-promotion
tall tale · Texas-sized · larger-than-life · grandiosity · puffery · showmanship · swagger · bravado
Stetson
American hat company
chaps · spurs · bandana · lasso · saddle · holster · duster · gunslinger · cattle drive · horseback
Stetson
American hat company
felt · beaver · cattleman · hatband · crease · pinch · straw · sweatband · cowboy hat · wide-brimmed
frontier
Edge of settlement
- saloonDrinking establishment, often frontier
- outlawFugitive from justice
- sheriffCounty's chief officer
gunfight · tumbleweed · prairie · gold rush · stagecoach · desperado · bandit · duel · settler · pioneer
hyperbole
Rhetorical extreme exaggeration
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- boastfulnessExcessive pride in oneself
braggadocio · tall tale · Texas-sized · larger-than-life · grandiosity · puffery · showmanship · swagger · bravado · ostentation