chéchia

[ sheysh-yah ]

noun

1. a close-fitting, cylindrical cap with a tuft or tassel.

Word History and Origins

Origin of chéchia¹

1905–10; < French < North African dialectal variant of Arabic shāshīyah, after Shāsh, city in Persia where it was once made

Example Sentences

And in pronouncing these words the brave Tartarin shook the tassel of his chechia as if it were a mane.

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However, one of them sported a Zouave's chechia, the other an artilleryman's képi.

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It has, of course, to be admitted that over the preceding three days the chechia had had a pretty rough time.

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The wretched chechia is leaning over the rail and sadly contemplating the depths of the ocean.

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The camel pitched and rolled like a frigate in a rough sea and the chechia responded to the motion as it had on the Zouave.

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