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Definition of Calpack
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 Calpack
1. Noun. A kind of cap from Turkic countries, with a high crown. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Calpack
1. calpac [n -S] - See also: calpac
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calpack
Literary usage of Calpack
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Oriental Translation Fund (1836)
"hundred dishes ; and every time they brought any thing in, they added it to what
was already there. It is usual for the bridegroom never to take his calpack ..."
2. Famous Persons and Places by Nathaniel Parker Willis (1855)
"The largest lion of the evening certainly was the new Per- lian ambassador, a
man six feet in his slippers; a height vhich, with hia peaked calpack, ..."
3. The Book of Costume: Or, Annals of Fashion: From the Earliest Period to the by Mary Margaret (Stanley) Egerton Wilton, Lady of rank (1846)
"... consisting of an enterré, a shawl, a calpack, and a be- neesh, was put on
after his having been shaved ; and we are told that his mother-in-law hung a ..."
4. The American Miscellany (1840)
"... a man six feet in his slippers ; a height which, with his peaked calpack, of
a foot and a half, super- added, keeps him very much among the chandeliers. ..."
5. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1830)
"... as was his wont, presently came out on the little terrace to smoke his early
morning pipe. In his vast calpack and loose ..."
6. Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa by Edward Daniel Clarke (1817)
"Ibrahim, having put on his fur pelisse, and a fine tall calpack with a turban of
white muslin, looked like a Vizir, and quite as respectable as any Pasha of ..."
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