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

Vie, revie, surrevie, capote, double capote, were the terms that rang through the room, as the excited gamesters, with anxious faces, sorted and examined their cards.

From Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion by Tucker, St. George

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

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 Lever, Charles James