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data-file-height="232" /></a><figcaption>Boss of the Plains hat</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Boss of the Plains</b> was a lightweight all-weather <a href="/wiki/Hat" title="Hat">hat</a> designed in 1865 by <a href="/wiki/John_Batterson_Stetson" class="mw-redirect" title="John Batterson Stetson">John B. Stetson</a> for the demands of the <a href="/wiki/American_West" class="mw-redirect" title="American West">American West</a>. It was intended to be durable, <a href="/wiki/Waterproof" class="mw-redirect" title="Waterproof">waterproof</a> and elegant.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The term "<a href="/wiki/Stetson" title="Stetson">Stetson</a>" eventually became all-but-interchangeable with what later became known as the <a href="/wiki/Cowboy_hat" title="Cowboy hat">cowboy hat</a> due to later style-designs based on how the rounded-crown would deform from regular use. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design">Design</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boss_of_the_Plains&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Design"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:DodgeCityPeaceCommission.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/DodgeCityPeaceCommission.jpg/220px-DodgeCityPeaceCommission.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/DodgeCityPeaceCommission.jpg/330px-DodgeCityPeaceCommission.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/DodgeCityPeaceCommission.jpg/440px-DodgeCityPeaceCommission.jpg 2x" data-file-width="768" data-file-height="461" /></a><figcaption>The Dodge City Peace Commission in 1883, some wearing a Boss of the Plains</figcaption></figure> <p>The Boss was designed with a high crown to provide insulation on the top of the head, and a wide stiff brim to provide shelter from both sun and precipitation for the face, neck and shoulders. The original fur-<a href="/wiki/Felt" title="Felt">felt</a> hat was waterproof and shed rain. Overall, the hat was durable and lightweight.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the underside, the hat included a sweatband, a lining to protect the hat,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and, as a memorial to earlier designs, a bow on its sweatband, which had the practical purpose of helping distinguish the front from the back. The original designs were natural in color with four-inch crowns and brims; a plain strap was used for the band.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For years Stetson worried about the waterproofing and finally decided to make his hat of <a href="/wiki/Beaver" title="Beaver">beaver</a> felt.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It took about 42 beaver <a href="/wiki/Fur" title="Fur">belly pelts</a> to produce a high-quality hat.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One story tells of a cowboy crossing a long dry stretch of prairie. His <a href="/wiki/Canteen_(bottle)" title="Canteen (bottle)">canteen</a> sprang a leak. He saved the drinking water by carrying it in his Stetson.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stetson featured advertising of a cowboy watering his horse with water carried in the crown. The wearer could also use the brim to direct water to a person's mouth. A high-quality hat in good condition was also viewed in some places as a status symbol.<sup id="cite_ref-Blevins_2001_pg_370_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blevins_2001_pg_370-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Customization_and_change">Customization and change</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boss_of_the_Plains&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Customization and change"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BonieHattie.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/BonieHattie.jpg/170px-BonieHattie.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="217" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/BonieHattie.jpg/255px-BonieHattie.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/BonieHattie.jpg/340px-BonieHattie.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="511" /></a><figcaption>An Apache man wearing a "Boss of the Plains" Stetson</figcaption></figure> <p>The straight-sided, round cornered, flat brimmed original Boss of the Plains design dominated for about twenty years.<sup id="cite_ref-Snyder_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Snyder-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most 19th-century photographs show that the hat doesn't have an intentional crease at all. Most hats were kept open crown.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, through use, abuse, and customization by individual wearers, hats were modified from their original appearance. In particular, the crown would become dented, at first inadvertently, then by deliberate choice of individual owners. The brim was often rolled or curved and ornamentation was sometimes added. Often, these creases and brim shapes began to reflect where a particular hat owner lived or worked, and in some cases, even <a href="/wiki/Cowboy" title="Cowboy">cowboys</a> on individual ranches could be identified by the crease in their hat.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thus, the manufactured styles also began to change. The first popular modification was a long crease sloping from the high back down towards the front, called the "Carlsbad crease" after a style used by wearers in <a href="/wiki/Carlsbad,_New_Mexico" title="Carlsbad, New Mexico">Carlsbad, New Mexico</a>. Another design, derived from the pointed top of the Mexican <a href="/wiki/Sombrero" title="Sombrero">sombrero</a>, worked its way north and became known as the "Montana peak", which had four dents, originally derived from being handled on top with four fingers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Popularization">Popularization</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boss_of_the_Plains&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Popularization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tommixgunslinger.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Tommixgunslinger.jpg/220px-Tommixgunslinger.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Tommixgunslinger.jpg/330px-Tommixgunslinger.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Tommixgunslinger.jpg/440px-Tommixgunslinger.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1110" /></a><figcaption>Movie star <a href="/wiki/Tom_Mix" title="Tom Mix">Tom Mix</a> with a Stetson</figcaption></figure> <p>Entertainers who promoted cowboy and western culture in the late 19th and early 20th centuries popularized Stetson designs. <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bill" title="Buffalo Bill">Buffalo Bill</a> had custom hats with very wide brims made for his <a href="/wiki/Wild_West_shows" title="Wild West shows">Wild West shows</a>, with later designs created for <a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_the_United_States" title="Cinema of the United States">Hollywood</a> including the <a href="/wiki/Tom_Mix" title="Tom Mix">Tom Mix</a> style <a href="/wiki/Cowboy_hat#Ten-gallon_hats" title="Cowboy hat">"ten-gallon" hats</a> used in <a href="/wiki/Western_(genre)" title="Western (genre)">Western films</a>. </p><p>Over time, the working cowboy hat of the <a href="/wiki/Ranch" title="Ranch">ranch</a> cowboy, as modified by popular entertainers and <a href="/wiki/Rodeo" title="Rodeo">rodeo</a> competitors, became an essential part of the cowboy image. At times, various politicians, celebrities and law enforcement units adopted descendants of the Boss of the Plains hat to strengthen their association with the culture and values of the <a href="/wiki/Old_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Old West">Old West</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Boss of the Plains-inspired design that became the modern cowboy hat has retained its basic features in construction and design since the first one in 1865, demonstrating the degree to which form succeeded in following function.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Robert_Baden-Powell" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Baden-Powell">Robert Baden-Powell</a> learned of the practicality of the Boss of the Plains hat through his association with <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Russell_Burnham" title="Frederick Russell Burnham">Frederick Russell Burnham</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Second_Matabele_War" title="Second Matabele War">Second Matabele War</a> of 1896–97, and he popularized the <a href="/wiki/Campaign_hat" title="Campaign hat">campaign hat</a> or "lemon squeezer" style (i.e. flat brim with four dents at 12, 3, 6 and 9 o'clock) during the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Mafeking" title="Siege of Mafeking">Siege of Mafeking</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Second_Anglo-Boer_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Anglo-Boer War">Second Anglo-Boer War</a>. When Baden-Powell established the South African Constabulary in 1900, he chose the Boss of the Plains as their uniform headgear. Popular culture has it that, on receiving the first shipment of hats from the <a href="/wiki/John_B._Stetson_Company" title="John B. Stetson Company">Stetson company</a>, the handbill identified them as 'hats, B-P style', which was misconstrued as an allusion to Baden-Powell's initials. Baden-Powell later adopted the campaign hat for use by the <a href="/wiki/Scouting" title="Scouting">Boy Scouts</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boss_of_the_Plains&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>American author, <a href="/wiki/Laurie_Winn_Carlson" title="Laurie Winn Carlson">Laurie Winn Carlson</a>, wrote <i>Boss of the Plains: The Hat That Won the West</i>, which tells the history behind this hat. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boss_of_the_Plains&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Campaign_hat" title="Campaign hat">Campaign hat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charro" title="Charro">Charro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chupalla" title="Chupalla">Chupalla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cowboy_hat" title="Cowboy hat">Cowboy hat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slouch_hat" title="Slouch hat">Slouch hat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Equestrian_helmet" title="Equestrian helmet">Equestrian helmet</a></li> <li><a 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class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-02-862945-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-02-862945-0">0-02-862945-0</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Cowboys & the Trappings of the Old West</i> by William Manns. p. 22 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-939549-13-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-939549-13-1">0-939549-13-1</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wolff Edwin D. <i>Why We Do It</i> (1929) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8369-1006-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-8369-1006-0">0-8369-1006-0</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Snyder, Jeffrey B. (1997) <i>Stetson Hats and the John B. Stetson Company</i> 1865–1970. p. 50 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7643-0211-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-7643-0211-6">0-7643-0211-6</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Chamber's journal</i>, Published by Orr and Smith, 1952, p. 200, Original from the University of Michigan</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070204025855/http://www.angusworld.ca/issues/2004/hatdoc.htm">"Angus World is Official cattle magazine of the Canadian Angus Association"</a>. <i>www.angusworld.ca</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.angusworld.ca/issues/2004/hatdoc.htm">the original</a> on February 4, 2007.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.angusworld.ca&rft.atitle=Angus+World+is+Official+cattle+magazine+of+the+Canadian+Angus+Association&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.angusworld.ca%2Fissues%2F2004%2Fhatdoc.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABoss+of+the+Plains" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Flemmons, Jerry, <i>Curmudgeon in corduroy: the best of Jerry Flemmons' Texas,</i> p. 96 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87565-217-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-87565-217-4">0-87565-217-4</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Blevins_2001_pg_370-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Blevins_2001_pg_370_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Blevins, Winfred <i>Dictionary of the American West: over 5,000 terms and expressions from Aarigaa! to Zopilote</i> (2001) p. 370 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-57061-304-4" title="Special:BookSources/1-57061-304-4">1-57061-304-4</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Snyder-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Snyder_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Snyder, Jeffrey B. (1997) <i>Stetson Hats and the John B. Stetson Company 1865–1970</i> 1997 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7643-0211-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-7643-0211-6">0-7643-0211-6</a> p. 73</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"In search of the real cowboy hat", <i>Cowboy Chronicle</i>, April 2004</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Blevins, Winfred. <i>Dictionary of the American West: over 5,000 terms and expressions from Aarigaa! to Zopilote</i> (2001) p. 371 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-57061-304-4" title="Special:BookSources/1-57061-304-4">1-57061-304-4</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Snyder, Jeffrey B. (1997) <i>Stetson Hats and the John B. Stetson Company 1865–1970</i> 1997 p. 5 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7643-0211-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-7643-0211-6">0-7643-0211-6</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Reynolds, William and Rich Rand (1995) <i>The Cowboy Hat book.</i> p. 8 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87905-656-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-87905-656-8">0-87905-656-8</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boss_of_the_Plains&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Bender, Texan Bix. (1994) <i>Hats & the cowboys who wear them.</i> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-58685-191-8" title="Special:BookSources/1-58685-191-8">1-58685-191-8</a></li> <li>Carlson, Laurie. (1998) <i>Boss of the Plains, the hat that won the West.</i> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7894-2479-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-7894-2479-7">0-7894-2479-7</a></li> <li>Manns, William. (1997) <i>Cowboys & the Trappings of the Old West.</i> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-939549-13-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-939549-13-1">0-939549-13-1</a></li> <li>Reynolds, William and Rich Rand (1995) <i>The Cowboy Hat book.</i> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87905-656-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-87905-656-8">0-87905-656-8</a></li> <li>Snyder, Jeffrey B. (1997) <i>Stetson Hats and the John B. Stetson Company 1865–1970.</i> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7643-0211-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-7643-0211-6">0-7643-0211-6</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boss_of_the_Plains&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg/40px-Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg/60px-Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg/80px-Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Look up <i><b><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cowboy_hat" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:cowboy hat">cowboy hat</a></b></i> or <i><b><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sombrero" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:sombrero">sombrero</a></b></i>, or <i><b><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hat" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:hat">hat</a></b></i> in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.</div></div> </div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.curtrich.com/hats.html">In Search of the Real Cowboy Hat</a>, <i>Cowboy Chronicle</i>. April 2004 reprint, accessed online April 1, 2009.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101024215024/http://www.deathvalley49ers.org/aboutus_BossOfThePlains.htm">John B. 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title="Boater">Boater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonnet_(headgear)" title="Bonnet (headgear)">Bonnet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowler_hat" title="Bowler hat">Bowler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bucket_hat" title="Bucket hat">Bucket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buntal_hat" title="Buntal hat">Buntal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casquette" title="Casquette">Casquette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chupalla" title="Chupalla">Chupalla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chilote_cap" title="Chilote cap">Chilote cap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cowboy_hat" title="Cowboy hat">Cowboy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cricket_cap" title="Cricket cap">Cricket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easter_bonnet" title="Easter bonnet">Easter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fedora" title="Fedora">Fedora</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trilby" title="Trilby">Trilby</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fez_(hat)" title="Fez (hat)">Fez (hat)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flat_cap" title="Flat cap">Flat</a> <ul><li><a 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