deerstalker hat
nounUK /dɪə(ɹ)stɔːkə hæt/ · US /diɚstɔkɚ hæt/
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A type of men's headwear, made of cloth with a plaid pattern, having two projecting brims (one at the front and one at the back) and earflaps which can be folded up and tied at the top.
- Two famous fictional characters who wore deerstalker hats were Sherlock Holmes and Holden Caulfield in J. D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye.