a sleeveless outer garment hanging over the back and shoulders and often fastening at the neck
Origin of cape
French from Old Provençal capa from Late Latin cappa, cape, hooded cloak
A woman wearing a cape.
- The definition of a cape is piece of land that sticks into the water.
An example of a cape is the piece of land just north of Nantucket Sound in Massachusetts.
- 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.
An example of a cape is what Superman wears to help him fly.
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a piece of land projecting into a body of water; promontory; headland: for Cape Cod, Cape Charles, Cape Hatteras, etc., see Cod, Charles, Hatteras, etc.
Origin of cape
Middle English and Old French from Medieval Latin caput, headland from L, headcape Idioms
the Cape
- Cape of Good Hope
- Cape of Good Hope Province
- Cape Cod
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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, capesTo maneuver (the bull) by means of a cape in a bullfight.
Origin of cape
Middle French cape from Spanish capa ( from Late Latin cappa )noun
Abbr. C.A point or head of land projecting into a body of water.
Origin of cape
Middle English cap from Old French from Old Provençal from Latin caput head ; see kaput- in Indo-European roots.Cape
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 Town, South Africa; Cape York Peninsula.
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A point or head of land projecting into a body of water.
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Noun
(plural capes)
- (geography) A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.
Noun
(plural capes)
- A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders, but not reaching below the hips.
Verb
(third-person singular simple present capes, present participle caping, simple past and past participle caped)
- (nautical) To head or point; to keep a course.
- The ship capes southwest by south.
- To skin an animal, particularly a deer.
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Sentence Examples
- The length from Cape Teulada in the S.W.
- C. wardi and the Cape G.
- A very refined modification of the Cape machine is described by A.
- Between the Swan and North-West Cape the principal rivers are the Greenough, Murchison and Gascoyne; on the north-west coast, the Ashburton, Fortescue and De Grey; and in the Kimberley district, the Fitzroy, Panton, Prince Regent and the Ord.
- The electric lamp a gives illumination of the webs in a dark field, nearly in the manner described for the Cape transit circle micrometer; the intensity of illumination is regulated by a carbon-resistance controlled by the screw b.
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