capot

¹ American  

[kuh-pot, -poh] / kəˈpɒt, -ˈpoʊ /

noun

Cards.

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

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capot ² American  

[kuh-poh, ka-poh] / kəˈpoʊ, kaˈpoʊ /

noun

plural

capots

1. capote.

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capot British  

/ kəˈpɒt /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of capot

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

Example Sentences

"I will," sayd he, "that you imbarque your selfe by me," and throws his cappot away, bidding me also to leave my capot.

From Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson by Radisson, Pierre Esprit

With a bad hand great care is often necessary, by guarding second-best cards, or otherwise, to gain a single trick and so save the capot, which makes such a large score.

From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis

Pique, repique, and capot are not unfrequent; but the occurrence of carte blanche is exceedingly rare, occurring only about once in nine hundred deals.

From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis

Here and there are clumps of tall cocoas, a capot, pullom or wild cotton-tree, and a neat village upon prairie land, where stone is rare as on the Pampas.

From Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

He was instantly taken at his word; and that his exertions might not be without an aim, a capot or great coat was promised as the reward of his success.

From Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 1 by Franklin, John