capot

¹ American  

[kuh-pot, -poh] / kəˈpɒt, -ˈpoʊ /

noun

Cards.

1. the taking by one player of all the tricks of a deal, as in piquet.

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capot ² American  

[kuh-poh, ka-poh] / kəˈpoʊ, kaˈpoʊ /

noun

capots plural

1. capote.

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capot British  

/ kəˈpɒt /

noun

1. piquet the winning of all the tricks by one player

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• capots
  plural

Etymology

Origin of capot

1640–50; < French (noun and adj.), designating or describing the player who has no tricks, after faire capot (nautical) to capsize

Example Sentences

But as Alcippe had not made a single trick, he was capot, which gave Saint-Bouvain 40; this with the 29 he made before, brought the total up to 69.

From The Bores by Molière

Here and there are clumps of tall cocoas, a capot, pullom or wild cotton-tree, and a neat village upon prairie land, where stone is rare as on the Pampas.

From Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

"I will," sayd he, "that you imbarque your selfe by me," and throws his cappot away, bidding me also to leave my capot.

From Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson by Radisson, Pierre Esprit

He was instantly taken at his word and, that his exertions might not be without an aim, a capot or great coat was promised as the reward of his success.

From The Journey to the Polar Sea by Franklin, John

French also has, in various games, the phrase faire capot, with a meaning like that of faire domino.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest