capot

¹

[ kuh-pot, -poh ]

noun

, Cards.

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

capot

²

[ kuh-poh; French ka-poh ]

noun

, plural ca·pots [k, uh, -, pohz, k, a, -, poh].

1. capote.

capot

/ kəˈpɒt /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of capot¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of capot¹

C17: from French

Example Sentences

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

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This, with forty for the capot, makes a hundred and sixty-three.

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Found a small red capot hung upon a tree; this my interpreter informed me was a sacrifice by some Indians to the bon Dieu.

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Today (Apr. 4th) he asked me for a needle and thread to sew the sleeve of his capot which this ghost!

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Capot, ka-pot′, n. the winning of all the tricks at the game of piquet, and scoring forty.

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