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In the Anglophone heraldries, a "chapeau" or cap of maintenance is a specific kind of hat. [2] It occurs as a charge , but also more importantly as an exterior ornament, signifying rank. The use of the chapeau in English heraldry is not as clear cut and regulated as in Scottish heraldry .
A capotain, capatain, copotain, or steeple hat is a tall-crowned, narrow-brimmed, slightly conical "sugarloaf" hat, usually black, worn by men and women from the 1590s into the mid-seventeenth century in England and northwestern Europe. Earlier capotains had rounded crowns; later, the crown was flat at the top.
A hat, fashioned from the skin and fur of a raccoon, that became associated with Canadian and American frontiersmen of the 18th and 19th centuries. Sombrero Cordobés: A traditional flat-brimmed and flat-topped hat originating from Córdoba, Spain, associated with flamenco dancing and music and popularized by characters such as Zorro. Cricket cap
The US Army's and Air Force's current patrol cap, the standard covers in utility uniforms (the ACU and ABU, respectively), is a variation of the flat-topped, visored kepi. Its modern lineage can be traced to World War II , and during the Cold War period was "blocked" with heavy starching and ironing (referred to as a "Ridgeway cap").
c. 1910 top hat by Alfred Bertiel European royalty c. 1859 Austin Lane Crothers, 46th Governor of Maryland (1908–1912), wearing a top hat A top hat (also called a high hat, or, informally, a topper) is a tall, flat-crowned hat traditionally associated with formal wear in Western dress codes, meaning white tie, morning dress, or frock coat.
A cylindrical flat-topped felt cap made of fur or leather originated in Pannonia, and came to be known as the Pannonian cap (pileus pannonicus). [ 25 ] [ 10 ] [ 26 ] [ 3 ] [ 1 ] Rome
Coppola caps. The coppola (Italian pronunciation:) is a traditional kind of flat cap typically worn in Sicily, Campania and Calabria, where is it known as còppula or birritta, and also seen in Malta, Greece (where it is known as tragiáska, Greek: τραγιάσκα), some territories in Turkey, Corsica, and Sardinia (where it came to be known, in the local language, as berritta, cicía, and ...
In the US Army, a lower felt shako superseded the top hat style, bearskin crest surmounted "round hat" in 1810. [7] The "Belgic" shako was a black felt shako with a raised front introduced in the Portuguese Marines in 1797 and then in the Portuguese Army in 1806, as the barretina. It was later adopted by the British Army, officially replacing ...