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cape1
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noun
1A sleeveless cloak, typically a short one.
- ‘he was wearing a flowing cape’
cloak, mantle, shawl, wrap, stole, tippetView synonyms- 1.1A part of a longer coat or cloak that falls loosely over the shoulders from the neckband.
- ‘the robe was decorated with gold lace on the fronts, cape, and hem’
2North American The pelt from the head and neck of an animal, for preparation as a hunting trophy.
- ‘the hair on a cape for the taxidermist can spoil in warm weather’
transitive verb
[with object]1(in bullfighting) taunt (the bull) by flourishing a cape.
- ‘the film shows a man expertly caping a charging bull’
2Skin the head and neck of (an animal) to prepare a hunting trophy.
Origin
Mid 16th century from French, from Provençal capa, from late Latin cappa ‘covering for the head’.
cape2
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noun
1A headland or promontory.
‘we could see the island from the cape’- ‘‘And this,’ he said, with a sweep of his arm that took in the stark capes and headlands, the fleets of islands and the sea around us, ‘this was my school room.’’
- ‘For the same reasons sanctuaries were sited at the tip of capes or peninsulas or on an island close to the mainland.’
- ‘Without wasting a moment we head for the last cape of the Peninsula de Paria, with the help of a GPS that they inexplicably left behind.’
- ‘During the trip, on this cloudy but dry day, the boat passed Larn Island and went to the southwestern cape of Man Wichai Island.’
- ‘The beachline is interrupted by rocky capes and cliffs and the mouths of four rivers - the Kali, the Aghanashini, the Bedthi and the Sharavathy, where ferry services are available.’
- ‘Farms unfurled to the Bays of Pollenca and Alcudia as one last surge of Sierra forked into capes Pinar and Formentor.’
- ‘I know I did state the bleeding obvious while saying that, but how am I to know if you still know a cape from a bay from an isthmus from a strait?’
- ‘There is also an asphalt road to the small wetland Bolata north of the cape.’
- ‘Right now I think coastal erosion is a good possibility for the cape and the island and for eastern Long Island, as we're likely to see the surf pick up.’
- ‘The Spaniards have no claim to property there except that they have established a few settlements and named rivers and capes.’
- ‘On the bus back from the cape, you pass the lagoon at Porto Conte, with water as blue as the old Bounty ads.’
- ‘It really has nothing to do with Kerry other than to prove that people do actually hunt deer on the cape.’
headland, promontory, point, head, foreland, neckView synonyms- 1.1the CapeThe Cape of Good Hope.
- 1.2the CapeCape Cod, Massachusetts.
- ‘In a small remote location on the cape of Massachusetts, an underground lab was in use.’
- 1.3the CapeThe former Cape Province of South Africa.
Origin
Late Middle English from Old French cap, from Provençal, based on Latin caput ‘head’.
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