capuche
(‖ kapyʃ, kəˈpuːtʃ)
Also 7 capuch, -uce, cappuce. See also capouch.
[a. F. capuche (also capuce), ad. It. cappuccio (= Sp. capucho), augm. of cappa: see cap, cape.]
The hood of a cloak; spec. that of the Capuchin monks.
| a 1600 Aberdeen Register (Jam.) Ane sie [i.e. say] capusche. 1611 Cotgr., Capuchon, a Capuche; a Monks Cowle, or Hood..also, the hood of a cloake. 1658 Cleveland Rustick Ramp. Wks. (1687) 424 His Hood or Capuch (which was a part of the Cloak..and served to cover the Head). 1670 G. H. Hist. Cardinals i. ii. 46 He put his Cappuce or Cowle upon his head. 1726 Cavallier Mem. i. 49 Nothing else was to be seen there but Cassocks and Capuches. 1843 James Forest Days (1847) 105 A jolly friar, clothed in grey, with his capuche thrown back. |
Hence caˈpuched a., hooded.
| 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. v. iii. 236 They are differently cucullated or capuched upon the head and backe. 1656 Blount Glossogr., Capuched, hooded. |