In 5 capleyne, 9 capelline, cappeline. [a. F. capeline, ad. It. (or med.L.) cap(p)ellina little hat, dim. of cappella (see CHAPEL), dim. of cap(p)a CAP, CAPE.]
1. ‘A small skull-cap of iron worn by archers in the Middle Ages’ (Fairholt). Obs. (exc. Hist.).
c. 1470. Henry, Wallace, III. 88. A steylle capleyne in his bonet but mar.
1834. Planché, Brit. Costume, 204. The skull-caps of steel, called capellines [temp. Edw. IV.].
2. Surg. A bandage, which by its arrangement forms a kind of cap or bonnet.
1706. in Phillips.
1751. Phil. Trans., XLVII. xl. 270. I bound the head with a strong capeline. note. A bandage peculiar to the head.
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., Capeline, a kind of bandage used by the French surgeons in cases of amputations; consisting of a roller with two equal heads.
3. A lady’s hat; also, a woollen hood of loose texture, worn by ladies in going to or from an evening entertainment. [From mod.Fr.]
[1775. Ash, Capeline (from the French), a woman’s hat adorned with feathers.]
1868. ‘Holme Lee,’ B. Godfrey, III. lxix. 351. She … drew the snowy capeline, trimmed with swan’s down, over her head.
