† copatainen.
Obsolete. rare.
Apparently the same as copintank n. a high-crowned hat in the form of a sugar-loaf. Fairholt spells it copotain: Scott has capotaine adj., perhaps only after Shakespeare.
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sugar-loaf hat1585
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copatainea1616
tank1688
witch's hat1801
coolie hat1856
extinguisher hat1885
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) v. i. 60 Oh fine villaine, a silken doubtlet [sic], a veluet hose, a scarlet cloake, and a copataine hat.
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