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Definition of Schapska
1. a military cap [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Schapska
Literary usage of Schapska
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Berlin Under the New Empire: Its Institutions, Inhabitants, Industry by Heanry Vizetelly (1879)
"... fro with measured steps, the uhlans, with their schapska over the right ear,
by their horses, and our artillerymen by their guns. ..."
2. Berlin Under the New Empire: Its Institutions, Inhabitants, Industry by Henry Vizetelly (1879)
"\Ve saw i-- fantry sentries with shouldered muskets walking to and fro with
measure • steps, the uhlans, with their schapska over the right ear, ..."
3. Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art by William Harrison Ainsworth, George Cruikshank, Hablot Knight Browne (1846)
"During this time a small party of cavalry in dark blue uniforms, and wearing the
peculiar schapska of the Polish lancers, appeared upon a road considerably ..."
4. Brave Belgians by Camille Buffin, Alys Hallard (1918)
"... or a schapska rolled on the ground and a man, dressed in grey uniform, fell
among the harvest. Our "diables noirs" fell back, step by step, ..."
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