schapskan.
/ˈʃapskə/ A flat-topped cavalry helmet.
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1894 Daily News 27 Mar. 5/4 Helmets, shakos, chapskas, and other head coverings were to be had in great profusion.
1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Schapska.
1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 536 Schapska, a military helmet or shako, first worn by the Polish lancers.
1930 Times Educ. Suppl. 19 July (Home & Classroom section) p. iv/2 Spahis, in their baggy trousers, their burnouses,..their chapskas, their boléros, and all the other items of equipment,..followed.
1936 ‘C. S. Forester’ General ii. 16 Put on again the glories of blue and gold, schapska and plume, lance pennons and embroidered saddlecloths.
1951 J. Masters Nightrunners of Bengal xxiv. 331 A horseman galloped up... He wore..a black schapska with a gold bag tied to its side.
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