shako

American  

[shak-oh, shey-koh] / ˈʃæk oʊ, ˈʃeɪ koʊ /

Or shacko

noun

plural

shakos, shackos, shakoes, shackoes

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

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shako British  

/ ˈʃækəʊ /

noun

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

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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; tack ¹

Example Sentences

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

For the sake of illustration, I may state that the 17th Lancers wore a blue coatee and trousers with white facings, and a square-topped shako with black plume.

From The Young Dragoon Every Day Life of a Soldier by Drayson, A.W.

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