capote

¹ American  

[kuh-poht, ka-pawt] / kəˈpoʊt, kaˈpɔt /

noun

plural

capotes

1. a long cloak with a hood.

2. a close-fitting, caplike bonnet worn by women and children in the mid-Victorian period.

3. a bullfighter's cape; capa.

4. an adjustable top or hood of a vehicle, as a buggy.

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Capote ² American  

[kuh-poh-tee] / kəˈpoʊ ti /

noun

1. Truman, 1924–84, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.

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Capote ¹ British  

/ kəˈpəʊtɪ /

noun

1. Truman. 1924–84, US writer; his novels include Other Voices, Other Rooms (1948) and In Cold Blood (1964), based on an actual multiple murder

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capote ² British  

/ kapɔt, kəˈpəʊt /

noun

1. a long cloak or soldier's coat, usually with a hood

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Etymology

Origin of capote

1790–1800, < French, equivalent to cape (< Spanish capa cape ¹ ) + -ote, feminine of -ot diminutive suffix

Example Sentences

The shape has almost the same shape as the capote for bullfighting, in beautiful pink silk, with yellow or blue in the back.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 12, 2015

"I could have presented the capote when the head passed, as others do, but I wanted to do it honestly, because the bull was honest," Celestino explains.

From Time Magazine Archive

Over all is worn the shaggy white capote.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various

Bring my box-coat!” and he push up a grand capote with many scrapes.

From Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 by Various

He wore over his uniform a capote of India rubber cloth, which he laid aside when he came into our deck-parlor for a brief sitting and a whiff of tobacco.

From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Howe, Julia Ward

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