capot

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ca⋅pot

1 [kuh-pot, -poh]

–noun Cards.

the taking by one player of all the tricks of a deal, as in piquet.

Origin:
1640–50; < F (n. and adj.), designating or describing the player who has no tricks, after faire capot (nautical) to capsize

2 [kuh-poh; Fr. ka-poh]

–noun, plural -pots [-pohz; Fr. -poh]

[kuh-poht; Fr. ka-pawt]

–noun, plural -potes [-pohts; Fr. -pawt]

1.	a long cloak with a hood.

2.	a close-fitting, caplike bonnet worn by women and children in the mid-Victorian period.

3.	a bullfighter's cape; capa.

4.	an adjustable top or hood of a vehicle, as a buggy.

Also, capot.

Origin:
1790–1800, Americanism; < F, equiv. to cape (< Sp capa cape ¹ ) + -ote, fem. of -ot dim. suffix

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