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 features Saint James wearing a pilgrim's 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.
