shakoes
- plural of shako.
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
"I see the shakoes of soldiers aboard other."
From The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
The troopers were in campaign order, with rifled carbines slung over their backs, pugarees hanging from their shakoes over their necks, and were dust-covered and sunburnt, but soldierly.
From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) by O'Shea, John Augustus
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 Dupont, Marcel
The British force is melting away, when hark! the feeble cheers from the battered race stand are at last answered, as a long line of tall shakoes and red uniforms comes into view in rear.
From The Ruined Cities of Zululand by Walmsley, Hugh Mulleneux
