Headwear for many a barbershop quartet singer

I believe the answer is:

boater

(Other definitions for boater that I've seen before include "one going in the junk?" , "sailor, perhaps" , "Hat style" , "Flat-topped straw hat" , "Hat; eg, rower" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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