shabrack

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shabrack

/ʃəˈbɹæk/

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From Turkish çaprak, Ottoman Turkish چاپراق.

noun shabracks · shabraque

The saddlecloth of a cavalry horse. Oudet and Papilette, two of the best sub-officers in the regiment, were at their head. When I had them formed up in fours, all in silver grey and upon chestnut horses, with their leopard skin shabracks and their little red panaches, my heart beat high at the sight.

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noun saddlecloth of a cavalry horse

Español	caparazón
Français	chabraque
Deutsch	Schabracke
Italiano	gualdrappa
Русский	чепра́к čeprák

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@misc{shabrack_2026,
  title = {shabrack},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shabrack},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}