Capote

Quick meaning: Capote is a noun meaning A long coat or cloak with a hood.

Meaning

A long coat or cloak with a hood.

More Meanings

1. (historical) A coat made from a blanket, worn by 19th-century Canadian woodsmen.
2. (historical) A close-fitting woman's bonnet.

Example Sentences

[…] pensive o’er his scatter’d flock, The little shepherd in his white capote Doth lean his boyish form along the rock,

Tied round her head with a large bow and flying blue ribbons under the chin, was a fragile flat Capote like a baby’s bonnet, which allowed her hair to escape in front and her great chignon behind.

The fourth member of our party round the camp-fire that night was a powerfully built trapper, partly French by blood,who wore a gayly colored capote, or blanket-coat, a greasy fur cap, and moccasins.

A discreet visitor on such occasions advances straight to the window or the glass: Emily did the latter; and five minutes of contemplation ascertained the fact that her capote would endure a slight tendency to the left.

Word Forms

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Synonyms for capote

Depending on context, synonyms include cappo.

Related Words

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