chapska

French

Alternative forms

  • shapska

Etymology

From Polish czapka. By surface analysis, chape +‎ Polish -ka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃap.ska/

Noun

chapska m (plural chapskas)

  1. (historical) chapka (type of hat worn by 19th-century Polish cavalry, and French lancers during the First and Second Empire)
    • 1857, Gustave Flaubert, chapter 1, in Madame Bovary […] ‎[1], first part:
      C’était une de ces coiffures d’ordre composite, où l’on retrouve les éléments du bonnet à poil, du chapska, du chapeau rond, de la casquette de loutre et du bonnet de coton, une de ces pauvres choses, enfin, dont la laideur muette a des profondeurs d’expression comme le visage d’un imbécile.
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  2. shapka (brimless Russian fur cap)
    Synonym: chapka
    Near-synonym: ouchanka

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