shako
Americannoun
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shakos,
plural
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shackos,
plural
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shakoes,
plural
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shackoes
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noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
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
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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
It was Alice herself fastened the knot of white ribbon in his shako, and bade him adieu with a fondness of affection he had never witnessed before.
From Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume I (of II) by Charles James Lever
At our head marched our fine grenadiers in their brave red coats, their bearskin shakoes.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
The company officers carried alpenstocks, and their orderlies had officers' cast foraging-caps on top of their glazed shakoes.
From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) by John Augustus O'Shea
But those soldiers, with their huge shakoes, their hairy knapsacks, and their hearts of steel—what men they were!
From Through the Magic Door by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Left of them was the infantry, two hundred sepoys in shakoes, red coatees, white trousers, and bare feet, leaning on long percussion-capped muskets with triangular bayonets.
From The Elephant God by Gordon Casserly
"I see the shakoes of soldiers aboard other."
From The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A cheap tinsel sign hanging behind the men, who’ve been absurdly costumed in bow ties and plumed shakos, makes it clear we’re watching an amateur talent show.
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2020
Four soldiers in flamboyant uniforms - black shakos, red feathers, gold brocade - guard the shaman responsible.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2016
Band Hall of Nashville outfits the musicians and flag bearers in woven polyester jackets and pants, as well as coordinating shoes, gloves, and plumed hats called shakos.
From Inc ● Nov. 5, 2012
The President was impressed during his European tour last year by the shakos and braids of the ceremonial guards he encountered.
From Time Magazine Archive
The old shakos were full of ball holes, only the flag was new, in its beautiful case of oil-cloth, with the fleur-de-lis at the end.
From Waterloo A sequel to The Conscript of 1813 by Erckmann-Chatrian
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