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cagoule

British  
/ kəˈɡuːl /

noun

  1. Also spelt: kagoul, kagoule. Sometimes shortened to: cag. a lightweight usually knee-length type of anorak

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of cagoule

C20: from French


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"After 10 years of investigating, all they had to show was a plimsoll and cagoule that everyone wore," he said.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2023

Meanwhile, Rogen’s character barely changes at all, apart from losing the teal cagoule.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 29, 2019

He doesn’t even change out of the cagoule until halfway through the film, when one of Theron’s aides asks if he has any “grownup clothes”.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 29, 2019

"We haven't had any dead bodies recently," hoots Margot, her cagoule rippling with Marple-ish zeal.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 12, 2012

Even a Grey Penitent would have been moved, coming unawares into that gay company, to throw off his cagoule and to dance a saraband.

From The Christmas Kalends of Provence And Some Other Provençal Festivals by Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone) Janvier

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