shabrack

noun

shab·​rack

variants or less commonly shabraque

ˈshaˌbrak

plural -s

: a saddlecloth often of goatskin formerly used by European light cavalry

Word History

Etymology

German & French; French schabraque, from German schabracke, from Hungarian csáprág, from Turkish çaprak

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