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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread chapeau #161298 07/31/2006 8:39 PM Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 1 askewza stranger askewza stranger Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 1 I encountered the word "chapeau" in the context of an U.N. treaty. It is defined in my dictionary as a three-cornered hat, but it seemed to be used in the sense of "aegis" or possibly "mission statement". Trawling its uses on the internet seems to suggest it may be a heading which defines the purpose of a chunk of legislative text, but I cant be sure of this....any ideas? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: chapeau #161299 08/01/2006 7:12 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Hi Askewza, welcome. I've only used it in French class but then I've never read a UN treaty. Anyone else less shallow than me? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: chapeau #161300 08/01/2006 7:31 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh Googling around on chapeau and treaty lead me to a definition of a chpaeau as the first paragraph in an article (of a formal document like a treaty). See this discussion. Last edited by zmjezhd; 08/01/2006 7:36 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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