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cha·peau
(shă-pō′)n. pl. cha·peaus or cha·peaux (-pōz′)
A hat.
[French, from Old French chapel, from Vulgar Latin cappellus, diminutive of Late Latin cappa, hooded cloak.]
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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]
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cha•peau
(ʃæˈpoʊ)n., pl. -peaux (-ˈpoʊz, -ˈpoʊ)
-peaus.
a hat.
[1515–25; < French; Old French chapel wreath, hat < Late Latin cappellus hood, hat]
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| Noun | 1. |  chapeau - headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brimboater, leghorn, Panama hat, straw hat, Panama, sailor, skimmer - a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown bonnet, poke bonnet - a hat tied under the chin bowler hat, derby, derby hat, plug hat, bowler - a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim brim - a circular projection that sticks outward from the crown of a hat campaign hat - a broad-brimmed felt hat with a high crown; formerly worn by the United States Army and Marine personnel cavalier hat, slouch hat - a soft felt hat with a wide flexible brim cocked hat - hat with opposing brims turned up and caught together to form points cowboy hat, ten-gallon hat - a hat with a wide brim and a soft crown; worn by American ranch hands crown - the part of a hat (the vertex) that covers the crown of the head deerstalker - a tight-fitting hat with visors front and back; formerly worn by hunters dress 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 fur dunce cap, dunce's cap, fool's cap - a cone-shaped paper hat formerly placed on the head of slow or lazy pupils fur hat - a hat made of fur hatband - a band around the crown of a hat just above the brim woman's hat, millinery - hats for women; the wares sold by a milliner shovel hat - a stiff broad-brimmed hat with the brim turned up at the sides and projecting in front; worn by some clergymen in Britain snap-brim hat - a hat with a snap brim sombrero - a straw hat with a tall crown and broad brim; worn in American southwest and in Mexico sou'wester - waterproof hat with wide slanting brim longer in back than in front titfer - a hat (Cockney rhyming slang: `tit for tat' rhymes with `hat') toque - a tall white hat with a pouched crown; worn by chefs |
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