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chapeau

[ sha-poh; French sha-poh ]

noun

plural chapeaux chapeaus.
  1. a hat.
  2. Heraldry.
    1. a representation of a low-crowned hat with a turned-up brim, usually of a different tincture, used either as a charge or as part of a crest.
    2. a cap depicted within a representation of a crown or coronet.

chapeau

/ ˈʃæpəʊ; ʃapo /

noun

  1. a hat
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of chapeau1

1515–25; < French; Old French chapel wreath, hat < Late Latin cappellus hood, hat, equivalent to capp ( a ) ( cap 1 ) + -ellus diminutive suffix
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Word History and Origins

Origin of chapeau1

C16: from French, from Late Latin cappellus hood, from cappa cap

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