Chapka

Quick meaning: Chapka is a noun meaning A type of hat worn by 19th-century Polish cavalry (and later some Napoleonic troops), consisting of a high, four-pointed cap with regimental insignia on the front, and now associated with Polish independence and nationalism.

Meaning

A type of hat worn by 19th-century Polish cavalry (and later some Napoleonic troops), consisting of a high, four-pointed cap with regimental insignia on the front, and now associated with Polish independence and nationalism.

More Meanings

1. Alternative form of shapka.

Example Sentences

She laughed at our surprise, pulled off her fur chapka cap, and shook loose long blonde hair.

Wool-and-faux-fur chapka by Rei Kawakubo, $775 at Barneys and Comme des Garçons Boutique (116 Wooster Street).

So I took off my fur hat, a classic Russian chapka made of beaver that I had bought in Moscow, and gave it to him as my “Siberian gift.”

Jacky puts his cap back on his head. It’s a Russian chapka, a fur hat with its ears turned up into the top, giving him the look of a caricature of a president of the Court of Justice.

Word Forms

• chapkas

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include czapka, schapska, shapka, chaperon, kubanka, chaco.

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