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A cape is defined as a piece of clothing without any sleeves that's worn over the shoulders and attaches at the front of the neck.

(noun)

An example of a cape is what Superman wears to help him fly.

The definition of a cape is piece of land that sticks into the water.

(noun)

An example of a cape is the piece of land just north of Nantucket Sound in Massachusetts.

See cape in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a sleeveless outer garment hanging over the back and shoulders and often fastening at the neck

Origin: Fr < OProv capa < LL cappa, cape, hooded cloak

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

Origin: ME & OFr < ML caput, headland < L, head

See cape in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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 verb caped, cap·ing, capes

To maneuver (the bull) by means of a cape in a bullfight.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English cape

Origin: , partly variant of cope, cope; see cope²

Origin: , and partly from Anglo-Norman cape (from Medieval Latin cāpa, variant of Late Latin cappa)

noun Abbr. C.

A point or head of land projecting into a body of water.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English cap

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Old Provençal

Origin: , from Latin caput, head; see kaput- in Indo-European roots

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.

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