Hypertext Webster Gateway: "leghorn"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Leghorn \Leg"horn\ (-h[^o]rn), n.
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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

leghorn
n : a stiff straw hat with a flat crown [syn: {boater}, {panama},
{Panama}, {sailor}, {skimmer}, {straw hat}]


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