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Webster 1913 Edition


Cape

Cape

(kāp)
,
Noun.
[F.
cap
, fr. It.
capo
head, cape, fr. L.
caput
heat, end, point. See
Chief
.]
A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into the sea or a lake; a promontory; a headland.
Cape buffalo
(Zool.)
a large and powerful buffalo of South Africa (
Bubalus Caffer
). It is said to be the most dangerous wild beast of Africa. See
Buffalo
, 2.
Cape jasmine
,
Cape jessamine
.
See
Jasmine
.
Cape pigeon
(Zool.)
,
a petrel (
Daptium Capense
) common off the Cape of Good Hope. It is about the size of a pigeon.
Cape wine
,
wine made in South Africa
[Eng.]
The Cape
,
the Cape of Good Hope, in the general sense of the southern extremity of Africa. Also used of Cape Horn, and, in New England, of Cape Cod.

Cape

,
Verb.
I.
(Naut.)
To head or point; to keep a course;
as, the ship
capes
southwest by south
.

Cape

,
Noun.
[OE.
Cape
, fr. F.
cape
; cf. LL.
cappa
. See
Cap
, and cf. 1st
Cope
,
Chape
.]
A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders, but not reaching below the hips. See
Cloak
.

Cape

,
Verb.
I.
[See
Gape
.]
To gape.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition


Cape

CAPE

,
Noun.
1.
A head land; properly the head, point or termination of a neck of land, extending some distance into the sea, beyond the common shore, and hence the name is applied to the neck of land itself, indefinitely, as in Cape-Cod, Cape-Horn, Cape of Good Hope. It differs from a promontory in this, that it may be high or low land; but a promontory is a high bold termination of a neck of land.
2.
The neck-piece of a cloke or coat.

Definition 2024


cápe

cápe

See also: cape, Cape, capé, and çapë

Tarantino

Noun

cápe

  1. head