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单词 capot
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capot

1
[ kuh-pot, -poh ]
/ kəˈpɒt, -ˈpoʊ /

noun Cards.

the taking by one player of all the tricks of a deal, as in piquet.

Origin of capot

1
1640–50; <French (noun and adj.), designating or describing the player who has no tricks, after faire capot (nautical) to capsize

Words nearby capot

caponette, caponize, caporal, caporegime, Caporetto, capot, capotasto, capote, Capoten, Capp, Cappadocia

Definition for capot (2 of 2)

capot2
[ kuh-poh; French ka-poh ]
/ kəˈpoʊ; French kaˈpoʊ /

noun, plural ca·pots [kuh-pohz; French ka-poh]. /kəˈpoʊz; French kaˈpoʊ/.

capote.
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Example sentences from the Web for capot

  • This, with forty for the capot, makes a hundred and sixty-three.

    The Sharper Detected and Exposed|Jean-Eugne Robert-Houdin
  • Today (Apr. 4th) he asked me for a needle and thread to sew the sleeve of his capot which this ghost!

    La Ronge Journal, 1823|George Nelson
  • Capot, ka-pot′, n. the winning of all the tricks at the game of piquet, and scoring forty.

    Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various

British Dictionary definitions for capot

capot
/ (kəˈpɒt) /

noun

piquet the winning of all the tricks by one player

Word Origin for capot

C17: from French
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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