shako

1. A stiff, cylindrical military dress hat with a metal plate in front, a short visor, and a plume.
2. (British) A bearskin or busby.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʃeɪkəʊ/

Etymology

Borrowed from French shako, from Hungarian csákó (“cylindrical military dress hat worn by the Hungarian hussars from the 18th century to World War I”).

Synonyms

bearskin

busby

Translations

shako

Tschako

czako

chacó

colbacco

xacó

shacó

potincan

bermyca

barretina

sorguçlu asker şapkası

قبّعة

kürk başlık

πηλήκιο με πτερό

elmo