capote
(kəˈpəʊt)
[a. F. capote, a fem. form, answering to capot masc., dim. of cape cape.]
1. a. A long shaggy cloak or overcoat with a hood, worn by soldiers, sailors, travellers, etc. b. A long mantle reaching to the feet, worn by women.
| 1812 Byron Ch. Har. ii. lii, The little shepherd in his white capote. 1836 W. Irving Astoria I. 76 Emerging..like spectres from the hatchways, in capotes and blankets. 1854 Thackeray Newcomes II. 299 The ladies came down, pretty capotes on. 1857 Emerson Poems 97 Frocks and blouses, capes, capotes. 1877 Kinglake Crimea VI. vi. 94 His troops in their sombre capotes. |
2. A close-fitting hat of cap-like form.
| 1882 Society 14 Oct. 24/1 Some of the capôtes have had their dimensions reduced to such a degree as to attain merely the form of a skull-cap. 1886 St. James's Gaz. 25 Sept. 11/1 New bonnet and capote shapes. |