capot

[ kuh-pot, -poh ]

/ kəˈpɒt, -ˈpoʊ /

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noun Cards.

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

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Origin of capot

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

Words nearby capot

caponette, caponize, caporal, caporegime, Caporetto, capot, capotasto, capote, Capp, Cappadocia, Cappadocian

Other definitions 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.

How to use capot in a sentence

French also has, in various games, the phrase faire capot, with a meaning like that of faire domino.
The Romance of Words (4th ed.)|Ernest Weekley
This, with forty for the capot, makes a hundred and sixty-three.
The Sharper Detected and Exposed|Jean-Eugne Robert-Houdin
Found a small red capot hung upon a tree; this my interpreter informed me was a sacrifice by some Indians to the bon Dieu.
The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Volume I (of 3)|Elliott Coues
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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