capote

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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

This man was muffled to the eyes in furs, he wore a rough bearskin coat, and his head was enveloped in a huge capote.

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

Pushing back the hood of his caribou capote to free his ears, he listened, motionless.

From The Whelps of the Wolf by Marsh, George P.

Her attire was a peignoir of grey taffetas, lined with blue, and on her head she wore a simple capote of the same.

From Ghosts and Family Legends A Volume for Christmas by Crowe, Catherine