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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
hat headdress developed from the simple close-fitting cap and hood of antiquity. The first hat, which was distinguished as such by having a brim, was the felt petasus of the Greeks, which tied under the chin and was worn by travelers. The decorative peaked cap was most popular in the Middle Ages. Later the medieval hood evolved into the 14th cent. turbanlike chaperon with hanging ends, called liripipes; the liripipes originated with the tassels on strings that had been added to the hoods of cloaks. The simple close-fitting coifs, gorgets, wimples, and veils of early medieval women gave way... Read more
hat
hat / hat / • n. a shaped covering for the head worn for warmth, as a fashion...role or occupation of someone who has more than one: wearing her scientific hat, she is director of a pharmacology research group. PHRASES: hat in hand used... Read more
Hard Hat
Hard Hat An industrial hard hat is a helmet worn to protect the head of a worker from falls or from...each year, and nearly 1,500 of them are fatal. Worn properly, a hard hat provides two types of protection. Its hard shell resists penetration... Read more

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