Talk:Chapeau

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There seems to be some confusion between the chapeau and the galero. Dr pda 19:46, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

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"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." <- I am honestly unable to meaningfully parse this sentence. Also, I'm fairly sure that "born" should be "borne". Falyne42 (talk) 18:03, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

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Is the shitty pixel art drawing the best illustration available?

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metaphorical meaning of chapeau
The intro says "In a metaphorical meaning, Chapeau! is an internationally used exclamation to express respect to a personality encountered (historically, persons of status up to the first half of 20th century wore hats that were lifted to greet respectfully).[1]"

Is this really true? It might be true in some circles, but is it really so widely used as to merit any mention? I have never ever come across this usage, but maybe I am just too old. The cited reference does not support the usage. Nor does any standard dictionary I have consulted. Only the Urban Dictionary gives this meaning https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Chapeau, so at best it might be slighlty behind the times slang.

Or is it me that is missing a universal usage?

Topic of article?
It is not clear what the topic of this article is. Wikipedia is not a dictionary. We don't need and cannot have an article on the word "chapeau". If the topic is hats, this should redirect to hat. If the topic is heraldry, the article should be only about that. The third option I see comes from Chapeau (disambiguation): to make this article about the specific kind of hat that was worn by clerics. Since that connects to heraldry, I'll choose that option.--Srleffler (talk) 02:59, 13 June 2022 (UTC)


 * The article should be split, as clearly the chapeau worn by clerics is significantly different from the chapeau bras, the collapsible bicorn (shown in one of the pictures). A search for chapeau bras currently redirects to this page RJRostron (talk) 18:01, 14 August 2022 (UTC)


 * I removed that text for now. Here it is:


 * Some forms of bicorne 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 (literally "arm-hat").

--Srleffler (talk) 00:08, 15 August 2022 (UTC)