Cape Definition
kāp
capes
noun
capes
A sleeveless outer garment hanging over the back and shoulders and often fastening at the neck.
Webster's New World
A brightly colored cloth used in maneuvering the bull in a bullfight; a capote or muleta.
American Heritage
A piece of land projecting into a body of water; promontory; headland.
Webster's New World
verb
(nautical) To head or point; to keep a course.
The ship capes southwest by south.
Wiktionary
To maneuver (the bull) by means of a cape in a bullfight.
American Heritage
To skin an animal, particularly a deer.
Wiktionary
idiom
the Cape
- Cape of Good Hope
- Cape of Good Hope Province
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Cape
Noun
Singular:
capePlural:
capesIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Cape
- the Cape
Origin of Cape
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Middle English cape partly variant of cope cope cope2 and partly from Anglo-Norman cape (from Medieval Latin cāpa) (variant of Late Latin cappa)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Middle English cap from Old French from Old Provençal from Latin caput head kaput- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Middle French cap, from Latin caput (“head”).
From Wiktionary
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Old English capa, from Late Latin cappa (“cape”).
From Wiktionary
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