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noun, masculine

tour du chapeau

/tuʁ dy ʃa.po/

noun, masculine/tuʁ dy ʃa.po/plural: tours du chapeau

hat trick

Synonyms: coup du chapeau

Calque of English hat trick. Popularized in French by the Montreal hat-maker Henri Henri in the context of ice hockey; borrowing the tradition from cricket, it offered one of its hats as a prize to any hockey player who scored three goals in one match at the Montreal Forum.https://toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/Fiche.aspx?no_seq=456168