Definition of Calpac

1. Noun. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.

Exact synonyms: Calpack, Kalpac
Generic synonyms: Cap

Definition of Calpac

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of calpack) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Calpac

1. a sheepskin hat [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Calpac

calorons
calory
calos
calosoma
calotte
calotte model
calottes
calotype
calotypes
calotypist
calotypists
caloyer
caloyers
calp
calpa
calpac (current term)
calpack
calpacks
calpacs
calpactin
calpain
calpains
calpas
calpastatin
calpeptin
calphobindins
calpolli
calpollis
calpoltin
calponin

Literary usage of Calpac

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania by Thomas Smart Hughes (1820)
"... with a mountain of calpac upon his head, surrounded by a very large audience both of priests and laymen. The ordinary business of the school being soon ..."

2. Journal of a Tour in the Levant by William Turner (1820)
"... the higher class of Greeks wear a cap of lambs' wool of this shape, called a calpac: there is a law that they shall not be above a certain size, ..."

3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1829)
"With these are seen the high taper calpac of the Tartar, the melon-shaped head-piece of the Nizam Djedid, the grey felt conical cap of the ..."

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