Derby2

noun (plural Derbies)

• 1an annual flat race for three-year-old horses, founded in 1780 by the 12th Earl of Derby and run on Epsom Downs in England in late May or early June.
• a race similar to the Derby, run elsewhere:the Irish Derby
• [often in names] (also derby) an important sporting contest:the showjumping Derby at Hickstead
• (derby or local derby) British a sports match between two rival teams from the same area.

• 2 (derby) North American a bowler hat.

  [said to be from American demand for a hat of the type worn at the Epsom Derby]

• 3a boot or shoe having the eyelet tabs stitched on top of the vamp.