leghorn

Speech parts

1. leghorn - Noun

2. Leghorn - Proper noun

Meaning

A straw plaiting used for bonnets and hats, made from the straw of a particular kind of wheat, grown for the purpose in Tuscany, Italy; -- so called from Leghorn, the place of exportation.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

straw hat panama panama hat skimmer boater sailor mariner cap chicken hat fedora chapeau lid headgear boatman
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Hypernyms

hat chapeau lid

Anagrams

Herlong renghol

Examples

Lin Biao reported that PLA intelligence units had determined that Indian units might assault Chinese positions at Thag La on 10 October (Operation Leghorn). Source: Internet

Finally, I turn my thoughts and my spiritual closeness to who suffer as a result of the flood that has afflicted the territory of Leghorn. Source: Internet

In popular culture Film *In the Foghorn Leghorn animated film Plop Goes the Weasel (1953), a weasel tries to capture Foghorn Leghorn for food. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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