▪ I. † ˈcapron1 Obs.
Also chappron, (capon).
[a. F. capron, NF. dial. form of chaperon hood.]
A hood. capron hardy [F. = bold hood or cap; cf. mad-cap, wild-cap, etc.]: an appellation for an impudent fellow.
| c 1460 Bk. Curtesye (Oriel MS.) lxvi. (1868) 46 To his souereyne Chappron [Caxton capron] hardy no bonet lust avale. 1546 Bale Eng. Votaries ii. (1550) 67 The monkes had their cowles, caprones, or whodes, and their botes. 1561 J. Awdelay Frat. Vacab. 12 This knave with his cap on his head lyke Capon hardy, wyll syt downe by his Maister. [1611 Cotgr., Vn Chaperon fait à i'en veux, a notable whipster or twigger; a good one, I warrant her.] |
▪ II. ‖ capron2 Obs.
[F. capron, caperon: see Littré.]
A sort of strawberry.
| 1693 Evelyn De la Quint. Compl. Gard. Gloss., Caprons, Straw-berry Plants that have large Velvet Leaves, and bear large Whitish Straw-berries which have but a faint taste. |