Unhatting

noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The removal of one's hat.

    "Such extreme instances yield verifications, if there need any, of the conclusion that the mutual bows, and courtesies, and unhattings, among ourselves, are remnants of the original prostrations and strippings of the captive."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of unhat form-of, gerund, participle, present

Example

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"Such extreme instances yield verifications, if there need any, of the conclusion that the mutual bows, and courtesies, and unhattings, among ourselves, are remnants of the original prostrations and strippings of the captive."

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