chapeau

[sha-poh; French sha-poh]

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noun, plural cha·peaux

[sha-pohz; French sha-poh] /ʃæˈpoʊz; French ʃaˈpoʊ/, cha·peaus.

a hat.
Heraldry.
1. 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.
2. a cap depicted within a representation of a crown or coronet.

Origin of chapeau

1515–25; < French; Old French chapel wreath, hat < Late Latin cappellus hood, hat, equivalent to capp(a) (see cap¹) + -ellus diminutive suffix

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Related Words for chapeau

helmet, fedora, headgear, cap, cover, hood, coronet, headdress, chapeau, capote, lid, straw, bucket, bonnet, sailor, skimmer, millinery, Stetson, Panama, bowler

Examples from the Web for chapeau

Historical Examples of chapeau

He was dressed in white satin, with a black mantle and chapeau.
Henry IV, Makers of History
John S. C. Abbott
Crest: On a chapeau azure, turned up erm., a boar passant or.
Shakespeare's Family
Mrs. C. C. Stopes
The Black Prince's helmet with chapeau and crest is also preserved at Canterbury.
English Heraldic Book-stamps
Cyril Davenport
The "Chapeau Rouge" was well reported on, and there we lunched.
Adventures of a Despatch Rider
W. H. L. Watson
She flung on her habit, and held her hand out for her chapeau.
Stage Confidences
Clara Morris

British Dictionary definitions for chapeau

chapeau

noun plural -peaux (-pəʊ, -pəʊz, French -po) or -peaus

a hat

Word Origin for chapeau

C16: from French, from Late Latin cappellus hood, from cappa cap

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Word Origin and History for chapeau

1520s, from Middle French chapeau (Old French capel, 12c.) "hat," from Vulgar Latin *cappellus, from Late Latin capellum (also source of Italian cappello, Spanish capelo, Portuguese chapeo), diminutive of cappa (see cap (n.)).