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CHAPEAU
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Irregular inflected form: chapeaux
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("chapeau" is a kind of...):
headdress; headgear (clothing for the head)
Meronyms (parts of "chapeau"):
hatband (a band around the crown of a hat just above the brim)
crown (the part of a hat (the vertex) that covers the crown of the head)
brim (a circular projection that sticks outward from the crown of a hat)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chapeau"):
tirolean; tyrolean (soft green felt hat with a feather or brush cockade)
toque (a tall white hat with a pouched crown; worn by chefs)
titfer (a hat (Cockney rhyming slang: 'tit for tat' rhymes with 'hat'))
sun hat; sunhat (a hat with a broad brim that protects the face from direct exposure to the sun)
sou'wester (waterproof hat with wide slanting brim longer in back than in front)
sombrero (a straw hat with a tall crown and broad brim; worn in American southwest and in Mexico)
snap-brim hat (a hat with a snap brim)
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)
millinery; woman's hat (hats for women; the wares sold by a milliner)
fur hat (a hat made of fur)
fedora; felt hat; homburg; Stetson; trilby (a hat made of felt with a creased crown)
dunce's cap; dunce cap; fool's cap (a cone-shaped paper hat formerly placed on the head of slow or lazy pupils)
beaver; dress hat; high hat; opera hat; silk hat; stovepipe; top hat; topper (a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur)
deerstalker (a tight-fitting hat with visors front and back; formerly worn by hunters)
cowboy hat; ten-gallon hat (a hat with a wide brim and a soft crown; worn by American ranch hands)
cocked hat (hat with opposing brims turned up and caught together to form points)
cavalier hat; slouch hat (a soft felt hat with a wide flexible brim)
campaign hat (a broad-brimmed felt hat with a high crown; formerly worn by the United States Army and Marine personnel)
bowler; bowler hat; derby; derby hat; plug hat (a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim)
bonnet; poke bonnet (a hat tied under the chin)
boater; leghorn; Panama; Panama hat; sailor; skimmer; straw hat (a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown)
bearskin; busby; shako (tall hat; worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions)
