shako

or shack·o

[shak-oh, shey-koh]

noun, plural shak·os or shack·os, shak·oes or shack·oes.

a military cap in the form of a cylinder or truncated cone, with a visor and a plume or pompon.

Origin of shako

1805–15; < French schako < Hungarian csákó, short for csákós (süveg) peaked (cap), adj. derivative of csák peak < Middle High German zacke peak, point; see tack¹

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British Dictionary definitions for shacko

shacko

noun plural shackos or shackoes

a variant spelling of shako

shako

shacko

noun plural shakos, shakoes, shackos or shackoes

a tall usually cylindrical military headdress, having a plume and often a peak, popular esp in the 19th century

Word Origin for shako

C19: via French from Hungarian csákó, from Middle High German zacke a sharp point

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Word Origin and History for shacko

shako

cylindrical soldier's hat with plume, 1815, from Hungarian csákó, short for csákós süveg "peaked cap," from adjectival form of csáko "peak, projecting point of a cow's horn," which some European etymologists derive from German zacken "point, spike," but which Hungarian sources regard as of unknown origin.