Meaning of kepi | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative spelling of kepi.
   alt-of, alternative
2. A cap with a flat circular top and a visor, particularly associated with French uniforms.

Equivalents

Examples

“Appleby[…]rose from his seat when Morales came in. He shook hands urbanely, unbuckled his sword, and laid his kepi on the table, and then sat down with an expression of concern in his olive face which Appleby fancied was assumed.”

“Rather should it be said that these ladies wore dress of military style, since there was nothing uniform about their outfits, one being in powder-blue with silver buttons and a forage-cap, the other in tan with gold buttons and the dinkiest of red-peaked kepis.”

“My craning round long enough only to see that the unknown wore képis, brought another volley, harmless, but that it made my unruly made my unruly mount so fidgety that the saddle twisted round, and I came to the ground.”

“Both companies were provided with helmets instead of the second company wearing képis as is usually the case.”

“Madame here says we might get our heads cracked if we wore képis. They’re not the fashion here.”

“The second, at which all the men at the execution are soldiers, wearing képis, has been cut in pieces, nearly all of which have been collected and put together.”

“I guessed him Northern from his képi, but this was not conclusive, for many Southron regiments wore képis also.”

“In Memphis he supposed there’d be more blacks, and here the cops wore képis so you were in France, but in the long run it was all McKeesport, Pennsylvania, and the smell would be just the same.”

“They wore képis, the flat, round-topped, stiff-brimmed hat of the French soldier.”

“The soldiers wore képis with bright gold braid; their uniforms were blue.”

“It has a distinctly French air. Policemen, for example wear képis.”

“They wore képis with long couvre-nuque sun-curtains, abandoned by Legion infantry since the First World War; […]”

“Through the windows passengers glimpsed the blue uniforms of French gendarmes, policemen wearing képis at a rakish angle, even a squad of soldiers in khaki on their way to relieve their comrades.”

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