capote
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capote¹
- /kəˈpəʊt/
Rhymes with -əʊt
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French capote. Doublet of capot and kaput.
noun capotes
- A long coat or cloak with a hood. […] pensive o’er his scatter’d flock, The little shepherd in his white capote Doth lean his boyish form along the rock,
- A coat made from a blanket, worn by 19th-century Canadian woodsmen. 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 close-fitting woman's bonnet. 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.
Similar: cappo
Capote²
proper noun Capotes
- A surname.
Thesaurus
noun
Similar: cappo
Talk about this word "capote." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/capote. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. capote. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/capote "capote." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/capote.Cite this
@misc{capote_2026,
title = {capote},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/capote},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
