What's the difference between bearskin and shako?

Bearskin


Definition:

  • (n.) The skin of a bear.
  • (n.) A coarse, shaggy, woolen cloth for overcoats.
  • (n.) A cap made of bearskin, esp. one worn by soldiers.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The Queen also comes under fire: by tolerating the British guards' continued use of bearskin hats, she has proven herself "indifferent to barbarism".
  • (2) I am not ashamed to admit I am one of those hem-touchers, fascinated to meet the man who changed the face of modern opera with his centenary Ring cycle at Bayreuth in 1976, when he infuriated traditionalists by replacing Wagnerian horns and bearskins with the trappings of 19th-century plutocracy.
  • (3) Dressed in a bear costume and bearing a motto "Bearskins look better on bears", she didn't seem to mind being ignored.
  • (4) The prince – a rare British royal venturing into the heart of francophone, would-be separatist Quebec – received a formal welcome and inspection parade outside the city hall by the bearskin-helmeted members of the locally recruited 22nd regiment, known as "Les Van Doos".

Shako


Definition:

  • (n.) A kind of military cap or headdress.

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