different between leghorn vs boater

English

Alternative forms

• Leghorn (chicken breed)

Etymology

Mid 18th century: from Leghorn (“Livorno”), the place the straw and fowls were imported from.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?l??h??n/, /l?????n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?l??h??n/
• Rhymes: -??(?)n

Noun

leghorn (countable and uncountable, plural leghorns)

1. (uncountable) A type of dried plaited wheat straw fabric.
2. (countable) Designating a type of hat made from Leghorn straw.
   • 1828, JT Smith, Nollekens and His Times, Century Hutchinson 1986, p. 65:

     When straw-hats had become unfashionable, Mrs. Nollekens hinted to old White, the hatter […] , that possibly he could accommodate her with a Leghorn hat at a moderate rate.

3. (countable) A small white chicken of a hardy breed.

Translations

Anagrams

• Herlong

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English leghorn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?x.??rn/
• Hyphenation: leg?horn

Noun

leghorn m (plural leghorns)

1. leghorn, breed of chicken from Livorno

English

Etymology

From Middle English botere; equivalent to boat +? -er. The use of the term for a straw hat stems from the fact that straw hats were the preferred head covering during sunny boat trips on canals and rivers.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b??t.?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?bo?.t?/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?b??t.?/
• Rhymes: -??t?(r)

Noun

boater (plural boaters)

1. (nautical) Someone who travels by boat.
2. (nautical) One who works on a boat, especially as captain.

   Synonyms: boatman, boatsman

3. A straw hat, very stiff, with a flat brim and crown.

   Synonyms: leghorn, basher, skimmer, Panama

Translations

Further reading

• boater on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• borate, orbate, rebato