English Explanatory Dictionary

chapka

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
noun
  1. Alternative form of shapka.

Word forms

chapka chapkas czapka schapska

Etymology

From Polish czapka (“cap”) or Czech čapka (“cap”). Doublet of shapka.

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