capot

[kuh-pot, -poh]

noun Cards.

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

Origin of capot

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

capot

[kuh-poh; French ka-poh]

noun, plural ca·pots

[kuh-pohz; French ka-poh] /kəˈpoʊz; French kaˈpoʊ/.

capote.

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Examples from the Web for capot

Historical Examples of capot

This, with forty for the capot, makes a hundred and sixty-three.
The Sharper Detected and Exposed
Jean-Eugne Robert-Houdin
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
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

British Dictionary definitions for capot

capot

noun

piquet the winning of all the tricks by one player

Word Origin for capot

C17: from French

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