capot

[ kuh-pot, -poh ]

/ kəˈpɒt, -ˈpoʊ /

noun Cards.

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

Words nearby capot

caponette, caponize, caporal, caporegime, caporetto, capot, capotasto, capote, capp, cappa magna, cappadocia

Origin of capot

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

Definition for capot (2 of 2)

capot²

[ kuh-poh; French ka-poh ]

/ kəˈpoʊ; French kaˈpoʊ /

noun, plural ca·pots [kuh-pohz; French ka-poh] /kəˈpoʊz; French kaˈpoʊ/.

capote.

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Examples from the Web for capot

This, with forty for the capot, makes a hundred and sixty-three.
The Sharper Detected and Exposed|Jean-Eugne Robert-Houdin
Today (Apr. 4th) he asked me for a needle and thread to sew the sleeve of his capot which this ghost!
La Ronge Journal, 1823|George Nelson
Capot, ka-pot′, n. the winning of all the tricks at the game of piquet, and scoring forty.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various

British Dictionary definitions for capot

capot

/ (kəˈpɒt) /

noun

piquet the winning of all the tricks by one player

Word Origin for capot

C17: from French

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