Shabrack

//ʃəˈbɹæk// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The saddlecloth of a cavalry horse.

    "Oudet and Papilette, two of the best sub-officers in the regiment, were at their head. When I had them formed up in fours, all in silver grey and upon chestnut horses, with their leopard skin shabracks and their little red panaches, my heart beat high at the sight."

Example

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"Oudet and Papilette, two of the best sub-officers in the regiment, were at their head. When I had them formed up in fours, all in silver grey and upon chestnut horses, with their leopard skin shabracks and their little red panaches, my heart beat high at the sight."

Etymology

From Turkish çaprak, Ottoman Turkish چاپراق.

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