capote

Definition

A long coat or cloak with a hood.

Etymology

Borrowed from French capote. Doublet of capot and kaput.

Example Sentences

• "[…] pensive o’er his scatter’d flock, The little shepherd in his white capote Doth lean his boyish form along the rock,"
• "It was said that the Rabbi of Kotsk had been in Favor of European dress, but the Rabbi of Gur and his followers had insisted on the Russian capote, trousers tucked into the boots, a kerchief around the neck, and the Russian cap adapted to the native style."
• "The fourth member of our party round the camp-fire that night was a powerfully built trapper, partly French by blood,who wore a gayly colored capote, or blanket-coat, a greasy fur cap, and moccasins."