Cape
[keɪp] or [kep]
Definition
(noun.) a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter.
(noun.) a strip of land projecting into a body of water.
Typist: Terrence--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into the sea or a lake; a promontory; a headland.
(v. i.) To head or point; to keep a course; as, the ship capes southwest by south.
(n.) 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.
(v. i.) To gape.
Editor: Manuel
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Headland, promontory.
Checker: Mario
Definition
n. a covering for the shoulders attached as a tippet to a coat or cloak: a sleeveless cloak.
n. a head or point of land running into the sea: a headland: a wine produced in Cape Colony.—v.i. (naut.) to keep a course.—The Cape for the Cape Colony.
Edited by Janet
Unserious Contents or Definition
A neck in the sea.
Typed by Eliza
Examples
- He was riding a big gray gelding and he wore a khaki beret, a blanket cape like a poncho, and heavy black boots. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Catherine wore hobnailed boots and a cape and carried a stick with a sharp steel point. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- What the Cape of Good Hope is between Europe and every part of the East Indies, Batavia is between the principal countries of the East Indies. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Fort Fisher was situated upon a low, flat peninsula north of Cape Fear River. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I had no more presaged such feats than I had looked forward to an ascent in a balloon, or a voyage to Cape Horn. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- At the Cape Verde Islands he made some interesting observations of a white calcareous stratum which ran for miles along the coast at a height of a) bout forty-five feet above the water. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Aymo climbed up with Bonello, carrying the cheese and two bottles of wine and his cape. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- In 1824 the Enterprise, an English steamer, rounded the Cape of Good Hope and went to India. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He was small, gray-faced and no one handled a cape better. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- She let her cape fall on the bed. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- It was cool and they were putting on their capes. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Capes and other yellow diamonds are usually perfect, something in the color of these stones seemingly being of a nature which helps clear and perfect crystallization. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They stuck up above the capes. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He could not see into the car where three officers sat wrapped in their capes. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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