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  • capote
    capote
    noun
    a long cloak with a hood.
  • Capote
    Capote
    noun
    Truman, 1924–84, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.
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capote

1 American  
[kuh-poht, ka-pawt] / kəˈpoʊt, kaˈpɔt /

noun

capotes plural
  1. a long cloak with a hood.

  2. a close-fitting, caplike bonnet worn by women and children in the mid-Victorian period.

  3. a bullfighter's cape; capa.

  4. an adjustable top or hood of a vehicle, as a buggy.


Capote 2 American  
[kuh-poh-tee] / kəˈpoʊ ti /

noun

  1. Truman, 1924–84, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.


Capote 1 British  
/ kəˈpəʊtɪ /

noun

  1. Truman. 1924–84, US writer; his novels include Other Voices, Other Rooms (1948) and In Cold Blood (1964), based on an actual multiple murder

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

capote 2 British  
/ kapɔt, kəˈpəʊt /

noun

  1. a long cloak or soldier's coat, usually with a hood

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

Etymology

Origin of capote

1790–1800, < French, equivalent to cape (< Spanish capa cape 1 ) + -ote, feminine of -ot diminutive suffix

Example Sentences

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The shape has almost the same shape as the capote for bullfighting, in beautiful pink silk, with yellow or blue in the back.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 12, 2015

"I could have presented the capote when the head passed, as others do, but I wanted to do it honestly, because the bull was honest," Celestino explains.

From Time Magazine Archive

He drew his capote over his face to shade his eyes; but the pace and the sun grew so hot that he was soon running again unprotected from the blistering light.

From The Story of the Trapper by Laut, A. C.

The one rule of the trapper's life is to go ahead, let the going cost what it may; and drawing his capote over his face, Koot went on.

From The Story of the Trapper by Laut, A. C.

The warm tongue sought the face of the drowsy man, and the dog, not to be put off, thrust her nose roughly into his robe, whimpering as she pulled at his capote.

From The Whelps of the Wolf by Marsh, George P.

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