This article is about the hat used by pilgrims on the Way of St. James. For the hat associated with Puritan costume, see capotain.
The shield of Gossel, Germany - Saint James with his pilgrim's staff and the hat with the scallop shell on the front brim
A pilgrim's hat, cockel hat or traveller's hat is a wide brim hat used to keep off the sun.[1]
^"Cockle Hat". The Friar of Orders Grey; Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer. Beaumont and Fletcher. 1894. Retrieved March 5, 2018 – via Infoplease.com.
