shako

On Friday afternoon, Ms. Zorn, in a dress uniform and a black shako, officially took over the post during the Citadel’s pomp-laden graduation parade, known as the Long Gray Line.

From New York Times ● May 4, 2018

In black-and-white school photos from the early ’60s, Trump can be seen in boots, sash and a plumed shako, like some Austro-Hungarian infantryman.

From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2018

The troops, resplendent in dashing new blue-and-white uniforms, with peaked shako helmets and red cockades and armed with sabres, were made up of local Tory businessmen, shopkeepers, lawyers and their sons.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 4, 2018

To the top of the shako, a guard stands 7-feet tall, and the game-day inspection of the Guard usually draws a crowd - though not for the same reasons the Crimsonettes do.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 4, 2013

"And I am engaged," said Wahnsdorf, taking up his shako.

From The Fortunes Of Glencore by Charles James Lever

At our head marched our fine grenadiers in their brave red coats, their bearskin shakoes.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

Under the battered shakoes with their shapeless peaks, the tanned and emaciated faces looked like masks of wax.

From In the Field (1914-1915) The Impressions of an Officer of Light Cavalry by Marcel Dupont

They had put their shakoes aside and wrapped rags around their heads to keep the sweat out of their eyes.

From Shaman by Robert Shea

The troopers were in campaign order, with rifled carbines slung over their backs, pugarees hanging from their shakoes over their necks, and were dust-covered and sunburnt, but soldierly.

From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) by John Augustus O'Shea

They were crowned with towering shakoes of black-and-white monkey hair, fastened under their chins with beaded straps, and bristling with egrets.

From Sacrifice by Stephen French Whitman

A cheap tinsel sign hanging behind the men, who’ve been absurdly costumed in bow ties and plumed shakos, makes it clear we’re watching an amateur talent show.

From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2020

Four soldiers in flamboyant uniforms - black shakos, red feathers, gold brocade - guard the shaman responsible.

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2016

Band Hall of Nashville outfits the musicians and flag bearers in woven polyester jackets and pants, as well as coordinating shoes, gloves, and plumed hats called shakos.

From Inc ● Nov. 5, 2012

And there were old inaugural standbys: the brother rats from V.M.I., the plumed Richmond Blues, the paunchy Governor's Foot Guards of Connecticut in scarlet coats and shakos.

From Time Magazine Archive

A common deal table stood in the middle, littered with military cloaks, swords, and shakos.

From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) by Charles James Lever