broadbrim

English

Etymology

From broad +‎ brim.

Noun

broadbrim (plural broadbrims)

1. A hat with a very broad brim.
2. (humorous or derogatory, dated, often capitalized) A Quaker.
3. (humorous, archaic, by extension) A quiet, sedate, respectable old man.

References

• John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

References

• “broadbrim”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.