[UN-1 8.] Of a hat: Not cocked or turned up.
1721. Ramsay, Morning Interview, 13. The sons of Bacchus stagger home to rest, With tatter’d wigs, foul shoes, and uncock’d hats.
1751. Johnson, Rambler, No. 109, ¶ 6. With … my hair unpowdered, and my hat uncocked.
1785. Grose, Dict. Vulgar T., Zouch, or Slouch, a slouched hat; a hat with its brims let down, or uncocked.
