capot
/kəˈpɒt
/noun
(In piquet) the winning of all twelve tricks in the hand by one player, for which a bonus is awarded.The player who wins more tricks scores 10 for the cards, or 40 for capot if all 12 tricks are won....
- The player who wins more tricks scores 10 for the cards, or 40 for capot if all 12 tricks are won.
- If one player wins every trick, he wins a capot, and scores forty for the cards.
verb (capots, capotting, capotted) [with object]
Score a capot against (one’s opponent).I could not count a single point: so had been piqued, and repiqued, and capotted to the devil....
- Grand Slam, Pique, Repiqued and capotted, call it what you will but you have nipped the demon of insurgence and despair in the bud.
- You capoted me last night at the Taverne de Menut, and I had three aces and three kings.
Origin
Mid 17th century: from French, perhaps from a dialect variant of chapoter 'castrate'.