chapeau bras

[ brah ]

noun

1. a small three-cornered hat, worn by gentlemen in full dress in the 18th century, that could be folded flat and carried under the arm.

Word History and Origins

Origin of chapeau bras¹

1755–65; < French: arm hat

Example Sentences

But what is an Epilogue without a dress coat, a chapeau bras, black velvets and paste buckles?

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I think a modern in an antique dress as just an object of ridicule as a Hercules or Marius with a periwig and a chapeau bras.

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The chapeau bras was a three-cornered hat, the like of which you and I have never seen, except in very old pictures.

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I think a modern in an antique dress, as just an object of ridicule, as a Hercules or Marius with a periwig and chapeau bras.

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Death habited as a modern beau, with chapeau-bras, brings his urinal to the Doctor for inspection.

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