[kuh-poht; Fr. ka-pawt] 
[-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. |
[kuh-poh-tee] | Truman, 1924–84, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. |
| ca·pote (kə-pōt') n.
[French, from Old French capote, capette, diminutive of cape, cloak, from Medieval Latin cāpa; see cape1.] |
| Ca·po·te (kə-pō'tē) American writer whose works include novels, stories, plays, and reportage. He introduced the genre of the nonfiction novel with In Cold Blood (1966). |
