chapeau

cha·peau

C0243900 (shă-pō′)n. pl. cha·peaus or cha·peaux (-pōz′) A hat.

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[French, from Old French chapel, from Vulgar Latin cappellus, diminutive of Late Latin cappa, hooded cloak.]

chapeau

(ˈʃæpəʊ; French ʃapo) n, pl -peaux (-pəʊ; -pəʊz; French -po) or -peaus (Clothing & Fashion) a hat[C16: from French, from Late Latin cappellus hood, from cappa cap]

cha•peau

(ʃæˈpoʊ)

n., pl. -peaux (-ˈpoʊz, -ˈpoʊ)
-peaus. a hat. [1515–25; < French; Old French chapel wreath, hat < Late Latin cappellus hood, hat]

Thesaurus

Noun

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chapeau - headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brimhat, lidbusby, shako, bearskin - tall hat; worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasionsboater, leghorn, Panama hat, straw hat, Panama, sailor, skimmer - a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crownbonnet, poke bonnet - a hat tied under the chinbowler hat, derby, derby hat, plug hat, bowler - a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brimbrim - a circular projection that sticks outward from the crown of a hatcampaign hat - a broad-brimmed felt hat with a high crown; formerly worn by the United States Army and Marine personnelcavalier hat, slouch hat - a soft felt hat with a wide flexible brimcocked hat - hat with opposing brims turned up and caught together to form pointscowboy hat, ten-gallon hat - a hat with a wide brim and a soft crown; worn by American ranch handscrown - the part of a hat (the vertex) that covers the crown of the headdeerstalker - a tight-fitting hat with visors front and back; formerly worn by huntersdress hat, opera hat, silk hat, top hat, stovepipe, high hat, beaver, topper - a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver furdunce cap, dunce's cap, fool's cap - a cone-shaped paper hat formerly placed on the head of slow or lazy pupilsfedora, felt hat, homburg, Stetson, trilby - a hat made of felt with a creased crownfur hat - a hat made of furhatband - a band around the crown of a hat just above the brimheaddress, headgear - clothing for the headwoman's hat, millinery - hats for women; the wares sold by a millinershovel hat - a stiff broad-brimmed hat with the brim turned up at the sides and projecting in front; worn by some clergymen in Britainsnap-brim hat - a hat with a snap brimsombrero - a straw hat with a tall crown and broad brim; worn in American southwest and in Mexicosou'wester - waterproof hat with wide slanting brim longer in back than in frontsun hat, sunhat - a hat with a broad brim that protects the face from direct exposure to the suntitfer - a hat (Cockney rhyming slang: `tit for tat' rhymes with `hat')toque - a tall white hat with a pouched crown; worn by chefstirolean, tyrolean - soft green felt hat with a feather or brush cockade