Bicorne
Cocked hat with two sides of the brim turned up against the crown / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the mythical beast, see Bicorn and Chichevache. For the geometric curve, see Bicorn.
The bicorne or bicorn (two-cornered) is a historical form of hat widely adopted in the 1790s as an item of uniform by European and American army and naval officers. Most generals and staff officers of the Napoleonic period wore bicornes, which survived as widely-worn full-dress headdress until the 20th century.
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