shako

• There's a great giant of a man on the box-seat with a beard like a grenadier's shako, and a stout old gentleman behind him with gold spectacles. —  The Gorilla Hunters
• "It looks horribly dangerous The fact is," said the Doctor, wiping his blade, "I cannot endure to feel unshaven, even when campaigning He restored the razor to his haversack, blew out the spirit-lamp, emptied the tin cup on the stones, packed up, resumed his shako, and stood erect My stocking, please!" —  The Mayor of Troy
• He gazed at us with wide astonished eyes from under the peak of his shako, and came on quietly, as if he were taking a walk, his hands in his pockets, murmuring in a tone of stupefaction What on earth is the matter Well, really, this is a little too much!" —  In the Field (1914-1915) The Impressions of an Officer of Light Cavalry
• The shako, which was originally surmounted by white feathers with black tips, a distinction for services in the American war of 1776, at Bunker's Hill and Brandywine, was, at Brock's special request, replaced by a black plume. —  The Story of Isaac Brock Hero, Defender and Saviour of Upper Canada, 1812
• Hastening to my garret sleeping-place I buckled on my sword, found my shako, and went straight to my Lord's bed-chamber. —  The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady

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