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Topic: CLOTHES AND FASHION

Sense: 1
Date: 1500-1600
Language: French
Origin: Late Latin cappa; CAP1
Sense: 2
Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: cap, from Latin caput 'head'

cape

 noun
     
cape
cape [countable]
1DCC a long loose piece of clothing without sleeves that fastens around your neck and hangs from your shoulders
2SG a large piece of land surrounded on three sides by water:
Cape Cod
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