chapeau
Americannoun
plural
chapeaux, chapeaus-
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
Etymology
Origin of chapeau
1515–25; < French; Old French chapel wreath, hat < Late Latin cappellus hood, hat, equivalent to capp ( a ) ( 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
It was a different hat — a cartoonish chapeau — Kelce donned a decade ago when he began a journey that would impact thousands of children and families in his adopted city.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2024
Mistaking the Brit Awards for Royal Ascot, Ella Henderson turned up in a voluminous chapeau, which she then insisted on wearing throughout the ceremony.
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2024
He had a mechanical as well, still put 40 seconds into me so chapeau to him.
From Washington Times • May 27, 2023
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
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