cape¹ (kāp)
n.

1. A sleeveless outer garment fastened at the throat and worn hanging over the shoulders.
2. A brightly colored cloth used in maneuvering the bull in a bullfight; a capote or muleta.

tr.v., caped, cap·ing, capes.
To maneuver (the bull) by means of a cape in a bullfight.

[Middle English cape, partly variant of cope, cope. See cope², and partly from Anglo-Norman cape (from Medieval Latin cāpa , variant of Late Latin cappa).]

cape² (kāp)
n. (Abbr. C.)
A point or head of land projecting into a body of water.

[Middle English cap, from Old French, from Old Provençal, from Latin caput, head.]

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