BILLYCOCK

{ Bil″ly‐cock (?), n., or Bil″ly‐cock hat′ (?) }. [[Perh. from bully + cock; that is, cocked like the hats of the bullies.]] A round, low-crowned felt hat; a wideawake. “The undignified billycocks and pantaloons of the West.” B. H. Chamberlain. Little acquiesced, and Ransome disguised him in a beard, and a loose set of clothes, and a billicock hat. Charles Reade.