shako

shako
/shak"oh, shay"koh/, n., pl. shakos, shakoes.
a military cap in the form of a cylinder or truncated cone, with a visor and a plume or pompon.
[1805-15; < F schako < Hungarian csákó, short for csákós (süveg) peaked (cap), adj. deriv. of csák peak < MHG zacke peak, point; see TACK1]

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