[a. F. capote, a fem. form, answering to capot masc., dim. of cape CAPE.]
1. a. A long shaggy cloak or overcoat with a hood, worn by soldiers, sailors, travellers, etc. b. A long mantle reaching to the feet, worn by women.
1812. Byron, Ch. Har., II. lii. The little shepherd in his white capote.
1836. W. Irving, Astoria, I. 76. Emerging … like spectres from the hatchways, in capotes and blankets.
1854. Thackeray, Newcomes, II. 299. The ladies came down, pretty capotes on.
1857. Emerson, Poems, 97. Frocks and blouses, capes, capotes.
1877. Kinglake, Crimea, VI. vi. 94. His troops in their sombre capotes.
2. A close-fitting hat of cap-like form.
1882. Society, 14 Oct., 24/1. Some of the capôtes have had their dimensions reduced to such a degree as to attain merely the form of a skull-cap.
1886. St. James’s Gaz., 25 Sept., 11/1. New bonnet and capote shapes.
