chabraque

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

chabraque

borrowed, thanks to the Napoleonic wars, from the German schabraque (saddle cover) attested since 1669 in the form schaberacke, from the Turkish čaprak ("saddle cover" see čap "to cover"), either directly, thanks to the Turkish conquests in the Holy Roman Empire, during the sieges of Vienna in 1529 and 1539), or through a Slavic language (see čabraka), or from the Hungarian csáprag.

Definitions

Synonym

Plural

chabraques

Translations

  • germangerman:Schabracke
  • spanishspanish:caparazón
  • dutchdutch:chabrak

See also

chabraques (cn.) schabraque (cn.)