capote

Example Sentences

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The shape has almost the same shape as the capote for bullfighting, in beautiful pink silk, with yellow or blue in the back.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 12, 2015

"I could have presented the capote when the head passed, as others do, but I wanted to do it honestly, because the bull was honest," Celestino explains.

From Time Magazine Archive

Brent stared, speechless, as his swift glance took in the details of her moccasins, deer-skin leggings, short skirt, white capote and stocking cap.

From Snowdrift A Story of the Land of the Strong Cold by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)

I had already contrived additional warm clothing of fur and blankets, with a hood or capote.

From A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado by Roper, Edward

Bring my box-coat!” and he push up a grand capote with many scrapes.

From Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 by Various