Associations to the word «Chapeau»

Wiktionary

CHAPEAU, noun. A hat.
CHAPEAU, noun. (heraldry) A cap of maintenance.
CHAPEAU, noun. The mass of grape solids that floats on the surface during the fermentation of wine.
CHAPEAU, noun. In international law, introductory text appearing in a treaty that broadly defines its principles, objectives, and background.

Dictionary definition

CHAPEAU, noun. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats