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  capote

  noun

  a long cloak with a hood.
• Capote
  Capote

  noun

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

capote

¹ American  

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

noun

plural

capotes

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.

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Capote ² American  

[kuh-poh-tee] / kəˈpoʊ ti /

noun

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

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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

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capote ² British  

/ kapɔt, kəˈpəʊt /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of capote

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

Example Sentences

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

It really was Horace Osborne, but he was almost unrecognizable in his muffling capote, long hair, and a three months' growth of beard.

From Northern Diamonds by Pollock, Frank Lillie

The man was alone, muffled in a great capote, carrying a rifle over his shoulder, and something on his back—possibly his game.

From Northern Diamonds by Pollock, Frank Lillie

This man was muffled to the eyes in furs, he wore a rough bearskin coat, and his head was enveloped in a huge capote.

From A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado by Roper, Edward

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