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Chapeau

"Chapeau" is a French term signifying a hat

Hat

A hat is a headcovering. It may be worn for protection against the elements, for religious reasons, for safety, or as a fashion accessory. In the past, hats were an indicator of social status....
or other covering for the head. In heraldry

Heraldry

Heraldry is the profession, study, or art of devising, granting, and blazoning Coat of arms and ruling on questions of rank or protocol, as exercised by an officer of arms....
, it is used as a mark of ecclesiastical dignity, especially that of cardinal

Cardinal (Catholicism)

A cardinal is a senior Ecclesiology official, usually a Bishop , of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope....
s, which is called the red chapeau.

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"Chapeau" is a French term signifying a hat

Hat

Heraldry

Cardinal (Catholicism)

Crest (heraldry)

A crest is a component of an heraldry display, so called because it stands on top of a helmet, as the crest of a jay stands on the bird's head....
, as mitre

MITRE

The Mitre Corporation, officially trademarked as MITRE, is a public-interest not-for-profit organization based in Bedford, Massachusetts and McLean, Virginia....
s and coronet

Coronet

A coronet is a small Crown consisting of ornaments fixed on a metal ring. Unlike a crown, a coronet never has arches.The word stems from the Old French coronete, a diminutive of coronne , itself from the Latin corona ....
s are.

A chapeau is flat, very narrow atop, but with a broad brim, adorned with long silken strings interlaced; suspended from within with rows of tassel

Tassel

A tassel is a finishing feature in fabric decoration. The tassel is a universal ornament that is seen in varying versions in many cultures around the globe....
s, called by the Italians focci, increasing in number as they come lower. The hat was given to them by Innocent IV in 1250, but was not used in arms till the year 1300. Until that time, the cardinals were represented with mitre

MITRE

The Mitre Corporation, officially trademarked as MITRE, is a public-interest not-for-profit organization based in Bedford, Massachusetts and McLean, Virginia....
s.

Archbishop

Archbishop

In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated bishop. In the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion and others, this means that they lead a diocese of particular importance called an archdiocese, or in the Anglican Communion an Ecclesiastical Province, but this is not always the case....
s and patriarch

Patriarch

Originally a patriarch was a man who exercised Autocracy authority as a pater familias over an extended family. The system of such rule of families by senior males is called patriarchy....
s bore a green hat, with four rows of tassels; bishops wore the same color, but with three; abbot

Abbot

The word abbot, meaning father, is a title given to the head of a monastery in various traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not actually the head of a monastery....
s and apostolical prothonotaries

Prothonotary

The word prothonotary is recorded in English since 1447, as "principal clerk of a court," from L.L. prothonotarius , from Greek protonotarios "first scribe," originally the chief of the college of recorders of the court of the Byzantine empire, from Greek language protos "first" + Latin notarius ; the -h- appeared in Medi...
with two.

The chapeau is also sometimes used as a mark of secular dignity, such as a cap, or coronet armed with ermine

Ermine (heraldry)

In heraldry, ermine is one of the furs used in blazon, representing the skin of the ermine, known in medieval Latin as armenius . In winter the stoat has white fur and a black tail; heraldic ermine represents a number of skins sewn together, forming a pattern of sable spots on argent ....
, worn by duke

Duke

A duke is a member of the nobility, historically of highest rank below the monarch, and historically controlling a duchy or a dukedom. The title comes from the Latin language Dux Bellorum, which had the sense of "military commander" and was employed by both the Germanic peoples themselves and by the Ancient Rome authors covering them to r...
s, etc.

The crest is born on the chapeau; and by the chapeau the crest and coat are separated; it being a rule that no crest must touch the shield immediately.

Some forms of bicorne

Bicorne

The bicorne or bicorn is an archaic form of hat associated with the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Much worn by European and The Americas army and navy officers, it is most readily associated with Napol?on Bonaparte....
were designed to be folded flat, so that they could be conveniently tucked underneath the arm when not being worn. A bicorne of this style is also known as a chapeau-bras or chapeau-de-bras.

Chapeaux!, the plural of chapeau is often used as a generic expression of approval and appreciation in European cycle racing.

List of hats and headgear
List of hats and headgear

This is an incomplete list of hats and headgear , both modern and historical....
Bicorne
Bicorne

The bicorne or bicorn is an archaic form of hat associated with the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Much worn by European and The Americas army and navy officers, it is most readily associated with Napol?on Bonaparte....
Tricorne
Tricorne

The tricorne is a style of hat that was popular during the late 17th century and 18th century, falling out of style shortly before the French Revolution....
Cocked hat
Cocked hat

The cocked hat is a style of formal headgear, or hat, worn by certain civilian, Army and Navy officials from the mid-19th century until the beginning of World War II....
1813 cartoon showing the chapeau-bras (collapsible bicorne) carried under the arm