Shepherd's hat

Shepherding is ubiquitous across cultures, and is one of the world's oldest occupations, beginning some 5,000 years ago in Asia Minor.

[2] Historically, the wool knit cap has been a common form of headgear for shepherds, seamen, hunters and others spending their working day outdoors.

[4][5] A chaperon is a utilitarian garment worn on the head in all parts of Western Europe in the Middle Ages.

[8] Cathy Shrank and Raphael Lyne discuss the headwear of farmers and shepherds in Elizabethan England in the poem, A Lover's Complaint.

[9] The scholars also note that "hive" is not a word generally used to describe headgear but may have been used because the hat resembles a beehive, which were conical and made of straw.