colloq. [f. BOWL sb.2, quasi bowl-hat.] A low-crowned stiff felt hat, a billy-cock. Also bowler-hat.
1861. Sat. Rev., 21 Sept., 297. We are informed that he wore, or rather carried in his hand, a white bowler hat.
1882. Pebody, Eng. Journalism, xxi. 158. The Ministers, in bowlers and pea-jackets, are to be found upon the shore of highland lochs.