chéchia

[ sheysh-yah ]

noun
  1. a close-fitting, cylindrical cap with a tuft or tassel.

Origin of chéchia

1
1905–10; <French <North African dialectal variant of Arabic shāshīyah, after Shāsh, city in Persia where it was once made

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How to use chéchia in a sentence

  • No wound was visible, but his face was strikingly pale under the red chéchia which had been pulled down over his ears.

    In the Field (1914-1915) | Marcel Dupont