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cocked hats

cocked hats is the plural of cocked hat.

Meaning of cocked hat

Noun

cocked hat (countable and uncountable, plural cocked hats)

  1. A hat with the brim turned up to form two or three points; a bicorn or tricorn
  2. The triangular space formed by the intersection of the position lines on a chart determined by plotting three bearings; the approximate position of the ship
  3. (uncountable) A game similar to ninepins, except that only three pins, arranged in a triangle, are used.

Questions about cocked hats

What is cocked hats the plural of?
Cocked hats is the plural of cocked hat.

Words near cocked hats in the dictionary

  1. Cocked Hat Club
  2. cocked hat curve
  3. cocked hat curves
  4. cocked hat double
  5. cocked hat doubles
  6. cocked hats
  7. cocked it over
  8. cocked off
  9. cocked on
  10. cocked one's toes
  11. cocked up

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