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

As he spoke, the procuratore drew a letter from under his capote, and presented it to the General.

From The Finger of Fate A Romance by Reid, Mayne

The infantry uniform is almost exactly that of the French—long grey capote, blue tunic with the number of the regiment on the collar, and red trousers.

From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) by O'Shea, John Augustus

She had a hood, a capote, a part of her outer garment: it was then drawn so closely round her face that nothing but her sweet eyes were visible.

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