Hat - Definition and Overview

HAT is also the abbreviation for histone acetyltransferase and the acronym for Help authoring tool

There are many different styles of hats

A hat is an item of clothing which is worn on the head – a kind of headgear. Hats often have a brim, and may be either placed on the head, or in the case of some women's hats, secured with hat-pins (which are pushed through the hat and the hair). Depending on the type of hat, they are typically worn exclusively by men, women or by either sex.

Parts of a hat

• Crown - the portion of a hat covering the top of the head
• Bill - a projection of stiff material from the bottom of the hat's crown, typically forward, and usually for shading the eyes (also "peak")
• Brim - a projection of stiff material from the bottom of the hat's crown horizontally all around the circumference of the hat
• Spik - The inside part of the hat, this is the part which touches the top of the wearer's head

See also

• Headgear for much more detail on motivations for wearing a hat and types of hats. Also List of hats and headgear.
• Tinfoil hat
• The Sorting Hat
• Chapeaugraphy
• Red hat

The neurologist Oliver Sacks wrote a book entitled The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat.

Michael Nyman later wrote an opera with the same title, based on the case-study which gave that book its name.

External links

• Millinery by Jane Lowen (http://www.costumes.org/history/100pages/BOOKS/lowenhats/contents.htm|)
• Hats UK (http://www.hatsuk.org|) has a Hat Bible and other resources.