capote

Example Sentences

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The shape has almost the same shape as the capote for bullfighting, in beautiful pink silk, with yellow or blue in the back.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 12, 2015

"I could have presented the capote when the head passed, as others do, but I wanted to do it honestly, because the bull was honest," Celestino explains.

From Time Magazine Archive

Passing them was a slender woman muffled in a black silk capote, with no hat to cover the intricate mass of her hair piled against a high comb.

From The Bright Shawl by Hergesheimer, Joseph

The warm tongue sought the face of the drowsy man, and the dog, not to be put off, thrust her nose roughly into his robe, whimpering as she pulled at his capote.

From The Whelps of the Wolf by Marsh, George P.

He drew his capote over his face to shade his eyes; but the pace and the sun grew so hot that he was soon running again unprotected from the blistering light.

From The Story of the Trapper by Laut, A. C.