noun
- plural of billycock; bowler hats with hard rounded crowns
Usage: British; dated
Examples
- The gentlemen wore their billycocks to the formal gathering.
- Victorian businessmen commonly donned billycocks for work.
- The hat shop displayed several black billycocks in the window.
- His collection of billycocks dated back to the 1800s.
- The actors wore billycocks as part of their period costumes.