chechian.
/ˈʃeɪʃɪə/ A cylindrical tufted cap or fez worn by Arabs and formerly by French troops in Africa.
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1853 J. Richardson Narr. Mission Central Afr. I. 206 I..offered him..a shasheeah (or fez).
1909 W. J. Locke Septimus xiii He [sc. a Zouave]..swaggered off, his chechia at the very back of his head.
1923 Chambers's Jrnl. 331/1 A small procession of natives in red checchias.
1924 R. Hichens After Verdict iii. i An omnibus..driven by a big Arab in European clothes and a chechia.
1968 F. van W. Mason Deadly Orbit Mission ii. 26 The wiry little man..was wearing his inevitable chéchia or dull-red fez.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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