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capote|kəˈpəʊt| [a. F. capote, a fem. form, answering to capot masc., dim. of cape cape.] 1. a. A long shaggy cloak or overcoat with a hood, worn by soldiers, sailors, travellers, etc. b. A long mantle reaching to the feet, worn by women.
1812Byron Ch. Har. ii. lii, The little shepherd in his white capote. 1836W. Irving Astoria I. 76 Emerging..like spectres from the hatchways, in capotes and blankets. 1854Thackeray Newcomes II. 299 The ladies came down, pretty capotes on. 1857Emerson Poems 97 Frocks and blouses, capes, capotes. 1877Kinglake Crimea VI. vi. 94 His troops in their sombre capotes. 2. A close-fitting hat of cap-like form.
1882Society 14 Oct. 24/1 Some of the capôtes have had their dimensions reduced to such a degree as to attain merely the form of a skull-cap. 1886St. James's Gaz. 25 Sept. 11/1 New bonnet and capote shapes. |