Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A hood on a cloak, especially the long pointed cowl worn by a Capuchin monk.
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- noun A long,
pointed hood , as that worn by theAugustinians , Capuchins orFranciscans .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Escribiendo con su capuche puesta, él usó la parte de atras de viejas cartas y sobres para sus manuscritos.
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L'hiver c mieux ca se cache plus facilement sous une capuche!
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2007
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Mrs. Randolph stood ready to go, putting on her capuche which she had thrown off, and Juanita laying her shawl round her shoulders.
Melbourne House 1907
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Mrs. Randolph stood ready to go, putting on her _capuche_ which she had thrown off, and Juanita laying her shawl round her shoulders.
Melbourne House Susan Warner 1852
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Biondello; whom he no sooner espied than he made for him, and dealt him a mighty blow in the face, and tore his hair and coif, and cast his capuche on the ground, and to his "Alas, Sir, what means this?" still beating him amain: -- "Traitor," cried he; "I will give thee to know what it means to send me such a message.
The Decameron, Volume II Giovanni Boccaccio 1344
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