Crossword clues for bicorne
Wiktionary
n. The two-cornered hat worn by Napoleon Bonaparte.
WordNet
n. a cocked hat with the brim turned up to form two points [syn: bicorn]
Wikipedia
The bicorne or bicorn (two-cornered/horned or twihorn) is a historical form of hat widely adopted in the 1790s as an item of uniform by European and American military and naval officers. It is now most readily associated with Napoléon Bonaparte but in practice most generals and staff officers of the Napoleonic period wore bicornes, and it survived as a widely worn full-dress headdress until at least 1914.
Usage examples of "bicorne".
The man had a delicate, sensitive face, a white cloak clasped with silver, and a bicorne hat shielded with oiled-cloth against the rain.
The leather band of his bicorne hat was like a ring of steel and his white breeches were cutting into his crotch like a sawhorse.
The man was French, but spoke good English, and his loyalty was proclaimed by the white cockades that he wore, not only on his brown cloak, but also on his bicorne hat.
Killick looked at Sharpe, the movement of his head spilling water from the peaks of his bicorne hat.
Leroy put on his bicorne hat, pulling the front low to shadow his thin, terrible face.
Windham pushed back his bicorne hat and scratched at his greying scalp.
A plain blue coat, grey trousers, and unadorned bicorne hat sufficed Wellington.
The General reined in, doffed his bicorne hat, then cast a cold glance at Spears and Sharpe.
Hogan heard the volley, very distantly, and then came the bells clamouring and he straightened his uniform, took off his bicorne hat, and went into the Cathedral.
They wore red jackets, like infantry jackets, and on their heads they wore old fashioned black bicorne hats held on by brass-plated straps.
The black bicorne hats turned left, the cavalry saw the squares with horror, and the trumpets pealed above the defeated charge.
All the riders but one were in uniform, and the exception wore blue trousers under a grey cloak and on his head a plain bicorne hat.
Henry, sweating in his uniform, smiled beneath the tasselled point of his bicorne hat.
The ranks had loosened in this madness so the valley seemed filled with big men on big horses, the sunlight catching their swords, the brass-plated straps of the bicornes, and the gleaming hooves that drove them on.
The waistcoat and sash, the half boots and the plumed bicorne were all too fancy for British taste, indeed they were so fancy that for a second loup wondered if the captive was an officer, then he realized that Braudel would never have treated a captured officer with such disdain.