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:
cape
Plural:
capes

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Cape

  • the Cape

Origin of Cape

  • 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

  • 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

  • Middle French cap, from Latin caput (“head”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Old English capa, from Late Latin cappa (“cape”).

    From Wiktionary

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