Billycock Definition
bĭlē-kŏk
noun
A felt hat with a low, rounded crown, similar to a derby.
American Heritage
A type of felt hat with a low, round crown, as a derby.
Webster's New World
(dated) A felt hat with a rounded crown, similar to a bowler.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Billycock
Noun
Singular:
billycock
Plural:
billycocksOrigin of Billycock
Perhaps from earlier bullycocked cocked in the fashion of a swashbuckler bully gallant figure cock
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Apparently an alteration of earlier bully-cocked.
From Wiktionary
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