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German
Etymology
17th century, from Hungarian csábrák. Some sources derive it further from Ottoman Turkish چاپراق (çaprak), while others suggest that the Ottoman is itself from Hungarian.
Pronunciation
Noun
Schabracke f (genitive Schabracke, plural Schabracken)
- shabrack (decorative saddlecloth)
1811, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Fünftes Buch”, in Aus meinem Leben, volume 1, Tübingen, page 455:Das Gefolg der kaiserlichen Majestät übertraf nunmehr, wie billig, die übrigen. Die Bereiter, die Handpferde, die Reitzeuge, Schabracken und Decken zogen aller Augen auf sich, […]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (by extension) certain other kinds of coverings, especially
- pelmet (cloth or frame used to conceal curtain fixtures)
- Synonym: Querbehang
- (dated) protective cloth (for furniture etc.)
- Synonyms: Schutzdecke, Schondecke, Zierdecke
- (figurative, derogatory) someone or something ugly or decrepit, especially
- hag (ugly and/or slovenly woman)
- an old horse
- Synonym: Kracke
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