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▪ I. capot, n.1|kəˈpɒt, formerly ˈkæpət|
Also 7 capet.
[a. F. capot (t always mute) ‘said of the player who fails to make a trick’, also ‘the stroke by which a player is made capot’ (Littré).]
In Piquet. The winning of all the tricks by one player (which scores 40).
1651Royall Game Picquet 32 Which of them soever wins all the Cards,..he shall reckon Fourty; and this is called a Capot. 1674Cotton Compl. Gamester vi. (1676) 87 (Picket) A Capet. 1700Farquhar Const. Couple ii. ii. i, The Capot at Piquet. 1823Lamb Elia, Mrs. Battle (1853) 55 She would ridicule the pedantry of the terms—such as pique—repique—the capot—they savoured (she thought) of affectation.
▪ II. ‖ capot, n.2|kapo|
[a. F. capot, dim. of cape cape.]
= capote.
1775R. Chandler Trav. Asia M. (1825) I. 195 Wrapped in their thick capots or loose coats. 1836W. Irving Astoria (1849) 47 They wear a capot or surcoat, made of a blanket.
▪ III. capot, v.|kəˈpɒt|
[f. capot n.1: formerly accented on first syllable.]
trans. In Piquet. To score a capot against, to win all the tricks from.
1651Royall Game Picquet 41 And so by this meanes he come to be Capotted. 1659Shuffling, Cutting, & Deal. 3, I have thrown out all my best Cards..so I may very well be capetted. 1700Farquhar Const. Couple ii. i. i, I have capotted her my self two or three times in an evening. 1818Scott Rob Roy x, He hazarded everything for the chance of piqueing, repiqueing, or capoting his adversary.
b. transf. To ‘score off’ (a person) heavily. Also as an imprecation capot me!
1649Dr. Denton to Sir R. Verney 15 Oct., If it be to come in by a Privy Seal..I doubt you will be capotted. 1760Foote Minor i. i, Capot me, but those lads abroad are pretty fellows. |