: a stiff military hat with a high crown and plume
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Sutton Foster crochets Hugh Jackman a marching-band shako for the occasion.—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025 Tip o the shako to Heather Curtis.—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2012 In black-and-white school photos from the early ’60s, Trump can be seen in boots, sash and a plumed shako, like some Austro-Hungarian infantryman.—Robert F. Worth, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2018
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