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

"I am afraid," said he, "that this is a capote," as I played my last card.

From The Watchers A Novel by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

He wore over his uniform a capote of India rubber cloth, which he laid aside when he came into our deck-parlor for a brief sitting and a whiff of tobacco.

From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Howe, Julia Ward

The infantry uniform is almost exactly that of the French—long grey capote, blue tunic with the number of the regiment on the collar, and red trousers.

From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) by O'Shea, John Augustus