Shako
//ˈʃeɪkoʊ// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A stiff, cylindrical military dress hat with a metal plate in front, a short visor, and a plume.
- 2 The squilla or mantis shrimp. uncountable
- 3 tall hat; worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions wordnet
- 4 A bearskin or busby. British
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Etymology 1
Borrowed from French shako, from Hungarian csákó (“cylindrical military dress hat worn by the Hungarian hussars from the 18th century to World War I”).
Etymology 2
From Japanese 蝦蛄 (shako), ultimately from Chinese 蝦蛄 /虾蛄 (xiāgū).
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