 7 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
cape
noun
1: a strip of land projecting into a body of water [syn: {ness}]
2: a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter [syn: {mantle}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cape \Cape\, verb (used without an object) [See {Gape}.]
To gape. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cape \Cape\ (k[=a]p), 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} (Zo["o]l.) 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} (Zo["o]l.), 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cape \Cape\, verb (used without an object) (Naut.)
To head or point; to keep a course; as, the ship capes
southwest by south.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cape \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}.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
68 Moby Thesaurus words for "cape":
Inverness cape, academic gown, afghan, beak, bill, blouse,
breakwater, burnoose, capote, cardinal, cashmere, cassock,
chersonese, chlamys, cloak, coral reef, delta, domino, duster,
foreland, frock, head, headland, hook, kimono, kirtle, manta,
manteau, mantelet, mantelletta, mantellone, mantilla, mantle,
mantua, mull, naze, neck, ness, opera cloak, pallium, pelisse,
peninsula, peplum, plaid, point, poncho, promontory, reef, robe,
sagum, sandspit, shawl, shoulderette, slop, smock, soutane, spit,
spur, stole, tabard, tippet, toga, toga virilis, tongue, tunic,
wrap-around, wrap-up, wrapper
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
CAPE
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