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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.
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
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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