1806 T. S. Surr II. iii. 83 For..walking-hats, and hunting-hats, there was not a superior shop in London.
1873 9 Nov. A dagger of cast steel, thrust under the hat-band, or through the bow that fastens down a long plume, is the ornament of the fashionable English walking hats of this season.
2006 (Nexis) 5 Jan. g4/1 My favorite hat, a fedora-style walking hat in wool houndstooth, was $85.