shako
noun
a military cap in the form of a cylinder or truncated cone, with a visor and a plume or pompon.
shakoes
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pluralof shako.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
Under the battered shakoes with their shapeless peaks, the tanned and emaciated faces looked like masks of wax.
From In the Field (1914-1915) The Impressions of an Officer of Light Cavalry by Marcel Dupont
They were crowned with towering shakoes of black-and-white monkey hair, fastened under their chins with beaded straps, and bristling with egrets.
From Sacrifice by Stephen French Whitman
They had put their shakoes aside and wrapped rags around their heads to keep the sweat out of their eyes.
From Shaman by Robert Shea
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
