straw-ends

Updated: January 12, 2026

For this they substitute, when travelling, 'country umbrellas, thatches of plaited palm-leaves in umbrella-shape; further down coast we shall find the regular sun-hat of Madeira, with an addition of loose straw-ends which would commend itself to Ophelia.

Sir Richard Francis Burton - To the Gold Coast for Gold: A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I