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cha⋅peau

  [sha-poh; Fr. sha-poh]
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–noun, plural -peaux  [-pohz; Fr. -poh] , -peaus.
1. a hat.
2. Heraldry.
a. a representation of a low-crowned hat with a turned-up brim, usually of a different tincture, used either as a charge or as part of a crest.
b. a cap depicted within a representation of a crown or coronet.
Origin:
1515–25; < F; OF chapel wreath, hat < LL cappellus hood, hat, equiv. to capp(a) (see cap 1 ) + -ellus dim. suffix
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cha·peau   (shā-pō')   
n.   pl. cha·peaus or cha·peaux (-pōz')
A hat.

[French, from Old French chapel, from Vulgar Latin cappellus, diminutive of Late Latin cappa, hooded cloak.]
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