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Definition of capote in English: capotenoun kəˈpəʊtkəˈpoʊt North American historical A long cloak or coat with a hood, worn especially as part of an army or company uniform. 〈北美，史〉（尤指军装或公司制服的）带风帽的长斗篷（或大衣） Example sentencesExamples - The striped Hudson's Bay blankets were made into capotes, coats of the same type that show up in numerous Russell paintings.
- Beside you, wrapped in your capote against the dampness, is your fusil.
- In the final section the torero (star matador) engages the bull with his elegance and control, then exchanges the purple and yellow capote (large cape) for the red muleta (smaller cape) and curved sword.
OriginEarly 19th century: from French, diminutive of cape (see cape1). Rhymesafloat, bloat, boat, coat, connote, cote, dote, emote, float, gloat, goat, groat, misquote, moat, mote, note, oat, outvote, promote, quote, rote, shoat, smote, stoat, Succoth, table d'hôte, Terre Haute, throat, tote, vote, wrote Definition of capote in US English: capotenounkəˈpōtkəˈpoʊt North American historical A long cloak or coat with a hood, typically part of an army or company uniform. 〈北美，史〉（尤指军装或公司制服的）带风帽的长斗篷（或大衣） Example sentencesExamples - The striped Hudson's Bay blankets were made into capotes, coats of the same type that show up in numerous Russell paintings.
- Beside you, wrapped in your capote against the dampness, is your fusil.
- In the final section the torero (star matador) engages the bull with his elegance and control, then exchanges the purple and yellow capote (large cape) for the red muleta (smaller cape) and curved sword.
OriginEarly 19th century: from French, diminutive of cape (see cape). |