capote

Spanish

noun
Definitions
  • cloak
  • (bullfighting) cape worn by bullfighters

Etymology

Borrowed from French capot (be without a trick in the card game Piquet, destroyed, defeated).

Origin

French

capot

Gloss

be without a trick in the card game Piquet, destroyed, defeated

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