shako
or shack·o
[shak-oh, shey-koh]
- a military cap in the form of a cylinder or truncated cone, with a visor and a plume or pompon.
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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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Historical Examples
It was true that I had been to blame for taking the soldier's shako, but after all, he had commenced.
My Double LifeSarah Bernhardt
He sprang up with a loud oath, and knocked my shako off my head.
Sir Jasper CarewCharles James Lever
If I had but a frock and a shako, thought I, I could make my way.
Maurice Tiernay Soldier of FortuneCharles James Lever
The young man let fall his shako from his hand, and laid it on his sword-hilt.
Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II (of II)Charles James Lever
Two of these had the number of their regiment on their shako.
Under Wellington's CommandG. A. Henty
shako
shacko
- a tall usually cylindrical military headdress, having a plume and often a peak, popular esp in the 19th century
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Word Origin
C19: via French from Hungarian csákó, from Middle High German zacke a sharp point
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Word Origin and History for shako
n.
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.
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