The cowboy hat is a high-crowned, wide-brimmed hat best known as the defining piece of attire for the North American cowboy. Today it is worn by many people, and is particularly associated with ranch workers in the western and southern United States, western Canada and northern Mexico, with country-western singers, and for participants in the Nort... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy_hat
(from the article `sombrero`) In Mexico the brim of the sombrero could be as much as two feet (60 centimetres) wide. Adopted by ranchers and frontiersmen in the United States, the ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/152
(see ten gallon) Hat with high crown and wide brim, originally worn by cow hands. Usually made of felt or leather. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21746