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capote

[kuh-poht, ka-pawt] / kəˈpoʊt, kaˈpɔt /






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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

Before I could remove the wide capote which I wore, the waiter ushered me into a large salon where a party of about forty persons were seated at supper.

From Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune by Charles James Lever

A hunter's knife and short-handled woodman's axe hang through the beaded scarf, belting in his loose, caribou capote.

From The Story of the Trapper by A. C. Laut

This rug is to the Montenegrino what the capote is to the Greek and Albanian, his companion in all weathers—his shelter against the storm, and his bed at night.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 by Various

The heavy fur caps, with the big fur ears, were well drawn down, while, over all, the warm capotes, as hoods, were pulled up on the head and down in front to the nose.

From Winter Adventures of Three Boys by J. E. Laughlin

The form of the present style of capotes is very open in front, flat upon the top of the head, and shallow and sloping at the back.

From The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 by Various

We soon left the region of woods; and being now at an elevation of seven thousand feet above the sea, felt somewhat cold, and buttoned our capotes closer about us.

From The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844 Volume 23, Number 2 by Various

The only discomfort was that, in spite of big mittens and capotes, so much snow had found its way where it was, to say the least, not very welcome.

From Winter Adventures of Three Boys by J. E. Laughlin

The breath touching their fur caps, or capotes, instantly became white and shining.

From Winter Adventures of Three Boys by J. E. Laughlin




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