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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cape1 /keɪp/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Clothinga piece of clothing without sleeves, fastened at the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders:The magician swept his cape forward.
caped, adj. cape2 /keɪp/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Geographya piece of land extending out into the sea.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cape1 (kāp),USA pronunciation n., v., caped, cap•ing. n. - Clothinga sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- Sportthe capa of a bullfighter.
v.t. - Sport(of a matador or capeador during a bullfight) to induce and guide the charge of (a bull) by flourishing a capa.
- Late Latin cappa hooded cloak, cope2
- 1350–1400; Middle English (north); Old English -cāp (see cope2), reinforced in 16th century by Spanish capa
- a piece of land jutting into the sea or some other large body of water.
- Place Names the Cape.
- Dialect Terms[Northeastern U.S.]See Cape Cod.
- See Cape of Good Hope.
- capeskin.
v.i. - Nautical, Naval Terms(of a ship) to have good steering qualities.
adj. - (cap.) pertaining to the Cape of Good Hope or to South Africa:a Cape diamond.
- Vulgar Latin *capum for Latin caput head
- Old Provencal
- Middle French
- Middle English cap 1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged point, promontory, headland, spit.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cape /keɪp/ n - a sleeveless garment like a cloak but usually shorter
Etymology: 16th Century: from French, from Provençal capa, from Late Latin cappa; see cap cape /keɪp/ n - a headland or promontory
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French cap, from Old Provençal, from Latin caput head |