capotes

[kuh-poht; Fr. ka-pawt]

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noun, plural ca·potes

[-pohts; Fr. -pawt] .

a long cloak with a hood.

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

a bullfighter's cape; capa.

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

Origin:
1790–1800, Americanism; < French, equivalent to cape (< Spanish capa cape¹) + -ote, feminine of -ot diminutive suffix

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