Ten Gallon Hat A ten gallon hat is often thought to be large enough to hold ten gallons of water. This is not true (unless you have an exceptionally large head). The gallon in "ten gallon hat" derives from the Spanish galón meaning braid. So a ten-gallon hat is a hat with a braiding around the brim…

…weather. SOMBRERO ( som bray ro ) - Spanish word meaning hat. The high crown keeps the head cool and the broad brim protects the wearer from the sun or rain. The peon's sombrero is mad of straw, the gentleman's of felt. Also COWBOY HAT, TEN-GALLON HAT, AMERICAN STETSON ( 1870 ). SNOOD - In Medieval times…

…like them small," says Josephine Murray, sales clerk at Mauri, a Mondawmin Mall hat shop in West Baltimore. "They like all kinds." Easter week has brought scores of men and women to hat stores in search of the right 10-gallon chapeau or 2-ounce pillbox. It's an annual rite of spring that, come Sunday, will…