deerstalker hat

English

A deerstalker hat.

Alternative forms

• deerslayer hat, deerslayer cap, deerstalker, deerstalker cap

Noun

deerstalker hat (plural deerstalker hats)

1. A type of men's headwear, made of cloth with a plaid pattern, having two projecting brims (one at the front and one at the back) and earflaps which can be folded up and tied at the top.

   Two famous fictional characters who wore deerstalker hats were Sherlock Holmes and Holden Caulfield in J. D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye.

Translations

headwear

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 猎鹿帽 (cmn) (lièlùmào, 獵鹿帽)

• Japanese: 鹿撃ち帽 (ja) (しかうちぼう, shikauchibō)

References

• Deerstalker on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Deerstalker