Definitions for shakoes

shakoes shak·o

Spelling: [shak-oh, shey-koh]
IPA: /ˈʃæk oʊ, ˈʃeɪ koʊ/

Shakoes is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 123 anagrams from letters in shakoes (aehkoss).

Definitions for shakoes

noun

  1. a military cap in the form of a cylinder or truncated cone, with a visor and a plume or pompon.

Origin of shakoes

1805-15; French schako Hungarian csákó, short for csákós (süveg) peaked (cap), adj. derivative of csák peak Middle High German zacke peak, point; see tack1

Examples for shakoes

The young man let fall his shako from his hand, and laid it on his sword-hilt.

He took off his shako and ran his hand through his mop of red hair.

One of these, in its explosion, knocked off my shako and killed a man beside me.

It was true that I had been to blame for taking the soldier's shako, but after all, he had commenced.

Seeing that he was not wanted further, he touched his shako and withdrew.

He sprang up with a loud oath, and knocked my shako off my head.

If I had but a frock and a shako, thought I, I could make my way.

Two of these had the number of their regiment on their shako.

The young officer, his hand to his shako, ran up to his superior.

"I congratulate you," said the captain, as I picked up my shako.

Word Value for shakoes
Scrable

12

Words with friends

11

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