Meanings
plural shabracks · alternative uncommon 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.
1896, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard
Origin
- Ottoman Turkishچاپراق
- Turkishçaprak
- Englishshabrack
From Turkish çaprak, Ottoman Turkish چاپراق.
More words from Turkish, Ottoman Turkish
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch sjabrak
- sjabraksaddlecloth of a cavalry horse
Esperanto ĉabrako
- ĉabrakosaddlecloth of a cavalry horse
French chabraque
- chabraquesaddlecloth of a cavalry horse
German Schabracke
- Schabrackesaddlecloth of a cavalry horse
Hungarian nyeregtakaró
- nyeregtakarósaddlecloth of a cavalry horse
Italian gualdrappa
- gualdrappasaddlecloth of a cavalry horse
Polish czaprak
- czapraksaddlecloth of a cavalry horse
Russian чепра́к
- чепра́к (čeprák)saddlecloth of a cavalry horse
Spanish caparazón
- caparazónsaddlecloth of a cavalry horse
Swedish schabrak
- schabraksaddlecloth of a cavalry horse
Turkish çaprak
- çapraksaddlecloth of a cavalry horse
Cite this entry
shabrack. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shabrack
“shabrack.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shabrack. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shabrack,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shabrack.
Source: shabrack on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.