capot
1[kuh-pot, -poh]
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noun Cards.
the taking by one player of all the tricks of a deal, as in piquet.
Origin of capot
11640–50; < French (noun and adj.), designating or describing the player who has no tricks, after faire capot (nautical) to capsize
capot
2[kuh-poh; French ka-poh]
noun, plural ca·pots [kuh-pohz; French ka-poh] /kəˈpoʊz; French kaˈpoʊ/.
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Historical Examples of capot
This, with forty for the capot, makes a hundred and sixty-three.
The Sharper Detected and ExposedJean-Eugne Robert-Houdin
Capot, ka-pot′, n. the winning of all the tricks at the game of piquet, and scoring forty.
Today (Apr. 4th) he asked me for a needle and thread to sew the sleeve of his capot which this ghost!
La Ronge Journal, 1823George Nelson
capot
noun
Word Origin for capot
C17: from French
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