chapeau
Americannoun
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a hat.
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Heraldry.
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a representation of a low-crowned hat with a turned-up brim, usually of a different tincture, used either as a charge or as part of a crest.
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a cap depicted within a representation of a crown or coronet.
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noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of chapeau
1515–25; < French; Old French chapel wreath, hat < Late Latin cappellus hood, hat, equivalent to capp ( a ) ( see cap 1) + -ellus diminutive suffix
Example Sentences
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Fitting, given that anything more than one foot in front of her would be invisible beneath the shadow of her cockamamie chapeau.
From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2025
"For the women collectively changing the future for this sport, I say chapeau to them," she said.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2024
He had a mechanical as well, still put 40 seconds into me so chapeau to him.
From Washington Times ● May 27, 2023
His choice of chapeau was also a promise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2022
Lady Constance tipped her head from one side to the other in front of her dressing-room mirror, the better to admire the elaborate chapeau that she had just placed upon her upswept curls.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
County deputies over the past 150-plus years — octagon-shaped uniform caps, broad-brimmed chapeaus like the one Canadian Mounties use, helmets, and more — there is no mention whatsoever of Stetsons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2021
Seattle’s iconic Bernie Utz Hats — I own nine Bernie chapeaus for all seasons and occasions — closed the Third and Union shop it occupied for 84 years in 2018.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 20, 2021
Watkins herself counts 75 Beane originals among her more than 150 chapeaus.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 27, 2019
People have used them for food, currency and hat-making material—the human desire for warm and stylish chapeaus almost wiped beavers out.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 20, 2018
And many and many a time I've seen The two walk down the quay With their yard-arms locked and their chapeaus cocked, To gaze on the ships at sea.
From Harper's Round Table, October 8, 1895 by Various
Any garret, no matter how grim, can be transformed into a nifty salon de chapeaux with a dollop of white paint and some moth-eaten Austrian drapes bought from the Salvation Army.
From New York Times ● Sep. 6, 2018
What struck me most about the show — aside, naturally, from the marvelous, mammoth chapeaux that are its signature image — was how fresh and funny it felt.
From New York Times ● Jan. 1, 2016
These festive chapeaux should be 3 feet in diameter so you can invite friends and family to partake in your shade.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2014
Carla Bruni is a woman who wears many chapeaux: she’s been everything from a model to, as the wife of President Nicolas Sarkozy, the “First Lady” of France.
From Time ● Apr. 8, 2013
Which of these two chapeaux do you prefer, Mr. Camberley?
From Second Plays by Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander)
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