Definitions

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  • noun Traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps.

Etymologies

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From Russian ушанка (ušánka), from ухо (úxo) (ear).

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Examples

  • “Congratulations,” said the puffy woman behind the desk, who was wearing a coat and an ushanka hat with the earflaps tied under her chin.

    A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010

  • The rickety scaffolding creaked in the wind, and the workers in quilted vatnik jackets and ushanka hats staggered around, half-drunk, taking with them at the end of the day everything they could carry—doorknobs, faucets, nails.

    A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010

  • A ushanka sat squarely on his head as he sipped a red drink from a clear Dixie cup.

    The Wannabe Warhol 2010

  • When she thought of Russia, all she could visualize were men dressed in ushanka hats and valenki felt boots.

    Sea Escape Lynne Griffin 2010

  • “Congratulations,” said the puffy woman behind the desk, who was wearing a coat and an ushanka hat with the earflaps tied under her chin.

    A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010

  • A ushanka sat squarely on his head as he sipped a red drink from a clear Dixie cup.

    The Wannabe Warhol 2010

  • The rickety scaffolding creaked in the wind, and the workers in quilted vatnik jackets and ushanka hats staggered around, half-drunk, taking with them at the end of the day everything they could carry—doorknobs, faucets, nails.

    A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010

  • When she thought of Russia, all she could visualize were men dressed in ushanka hats and valenki felt boots.

    Sea Escape Lynne Griffin 2010

  • A well-executed Obama according to Glenn Beck's imagination should wear a Che Guevara t-shirt, a Hitler mustache, and a Soviet-style ushanka, preferably bearing a red hammer-and-sickle.

    Glynnis MacNicol: Halloween Costumes Ripped From The Headlines 2009

  • I need the room so I wear the Soviet naval officer's ushanka [see Pops 'site for sartorial details] ...

    поиск для красного элемента 2004

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  • A Russian fur cap with ear flaps that can be tied up to the crown of the cap or under the chin to protect the ears from cold.

    April 17, 2008

  • Hmmm. I thought this was a shapka.

    April 17, 2008

  • It is--I think that's the "English" word for these hats, bilby. See here.

    April 17, 2008

  • Looks like both are right. I just remember shapka from my Russian classes.

    April 17, 2008

  • Ah. This might help, from Wikipedia:

    "In the English-speaking world, it is referred to as a shapka (шáпкa), from the Russian language word for 'hat.' Ushanka literally translates as 'ear-flaps hat.'"

    But you'd know better than I, since I know this much | | about Russian.

    April 17, 2008