"a huge curly-brimmed hat of worn beaver"
and what is worn beaver?
it is a hat like that? http://louisianahistorymuseum.org/images/tophatLecomte.jpg
What is a many-caped greatcoat ?
"a huge curly-brimmed hat of worn beaver"
and what is worn beaver?
it is a hat like that? http://louisianahistorymuseum.org/images/tophatLecomte.jpg
I think they mean the beaver coat has already been worn (by the beaver of course , as it was his skin/fur)