a sleeveless outer garment hanging over the back and shoulders and often fastening at the neck
noun
a piece of land projecting into a body of water; promontory; headland: for Cape Cod, Cape Charles, Cape Hatteras, etc. see Cape Cod; Cape Charles; Cape Hatteras
See cape in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(kāp)
noun
A sleeveless outer garment fastened at the throat and worn hanging over the shoulders.
A brightly colored cloth used in maneuvering the bull in a bullfight; a capote or muleta.
transitive verbcaped, cap·ing, capes
To maneuver (the bull) by means of a cape in a bullfight.
(kāp)
noun Abbr. C.
A point or head of land projecting into a body of water.
(kāp) or Cape of
For names of actual capes, see the specific element of the names, for example, Hatteras, Cape; Good Hope, Cape of. Other geographic names beginning with Cape are entered under Cape, for example, Cape Coral, Florida; Cape York Peninsula.