Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Tam-o'-shanter

Tam-o'-shanter , noun

[So named after Tam o'Shanter, a character in Burns's poem of the same name.]

A kind of Scotch cap of wool, worsted, or the like, having a round, flattish top much wider than the band which fits the head, and usually having a tassel in the center.