Obs. Also chappron, (capon). [a. F. capron, NF. dial. form of chaperon hood.] A hood. Capron hardy [F. = bold hood or cap; cf. mad-cap, wild-cap, etc.]: an appellation for an impudent fellow.
c. 1460. Bk. Curtesye (Oriel MS.), lxvi. (1868), 46. To his souereyne Chappron [Caxton capron] hardy no bonet lust avale.
1546. Bale, Eng. Votaries, II. (1550), 67. The monkes had their cowles, caprones, or whodes, and their botes.
1561. Awdelay, Frat. Vacab., 12. This knave with his cap on his head lyke Capon hardy, wyll syt downe by his Maister.
[1611. Cotgr., Vn Chaperon fait à i’en veux, a notable whipster or twigger; a good one, I warrant her.]
