capoten.
/kəˈpəʊt/ 1.
a. A long shaggy cloak or overcoat with a hood, worn by soldiers, sailors, travellers, etc.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > cloak, mantle, or cape > types of > hooded
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1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II ii. li. 86 The little shepherd in his white capote.
1836 W. Irving Astoria I. 76 Emerging..like spectres from the hatchways, in capotes and blankets.
1877 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea (ed. 6) VI. vi. 94 His troops in their sombre capotes.
b. A long mantle reaching to the feet, worn by women.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > cloak, mantle, or cape > types of > long
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1854 R. W. Emerson Poems 123 Frocks, and blouses, capes, capôtes.
1855 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes II. xxxiii. 299 The ladies came down—pretty capotes on.
2. A close-fitting hat of cap-like form.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > close-fitting
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1882 Society 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.
1886 St. James's Gaz. 25 Sept. 11/1 New bonnet and capote shapes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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