Sc. Obs. Also capy-. [app. f. cappit, CAPPED or CAPED + Fr. ‘berne a kind of Moorish garment, or such a mantle as Irish gentlewomen weare’ (Cotgr.).] Perh. a cape or hood.
1473. in Acc. Ld. Treas. Scotl., I. 29. ij1/2 elne of blak for a clok and capiteberne for the Quene. Ibid. (1474), 22. j1/2 elne of satyne to lyne a cipiberne of the Kingis clok. Ibid., 24. v quarteris of vellus to lyne a capitbirne for a riding gowne to the King.
