Obs. Also Khevenhullar. [f. the name of the Austrian general, Andr. von Khevenhüller (1683–1744).]
a. attrib. Applied to a high cock given to a broad-brimmed hat worn in the middle of the 18th c. (see Fairholt, Costume in Eng. (1860), 299); hence also with hat. b. absol. A cock of this form; a hat cocked in this fashion.
1746. Brit. Mag., 309. A laced Hat pinched into what our Beaux have learnt to call the Kevenhuller Cock.
1750. Coventry, Pompey Litt., II. iv. (1785), 58/1. Jockey-boots, Khevenhullar-hats, and Coach-whips.
1753. Proc. Commission of Common Sense (Fairholt I. 377). Is not the Dettingen cock forgotten? the noble Kevenhuller discouraged?
1762. Lond. Chron., XI. Chapter of Hats (Planchè), Hats are now worn, upon an average, six inches and three-fifths broad in the brim and cocked between Quaker and Kevenhuller.
