shako
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
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 tack 1
Example Sentences
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On Friday afternoon, Ms. Zorn, in a dress uniform and a black shako, officially took over the post during the Citadel’s pomp-laden graduation parade, known as the Long Gray Line.
From New York Times • May 4, 2018
In black-and-white school photos from the early ’60s, Trump can be seen in boots, sash and a plumed shako, like some Austro-Hungarian infantryman.
From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2018
The troops, resplendent in dashing new blue-and-white uniforms, with peaked shako helmets and red cockades and armed with sabres, were made up of local Tory businessmen, shopkeepers, lawyers and their sons.
From The Guardian • Jan. 4, 2018
To the top of the shako, a guard stands 7-feet tall, and the game-day inspection of the Guard usually draws a crowd - though not for the same reasons the Crimsonettes do.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 4, 2013
Except in some bruises, and even those not severe, I had suffered nothing; and when my clothes were brushed, and shako readjusted, and a new cockade affixed to it, I was as well as ever.
From Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience by Lever, Charles James
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