Citations:cape

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English citations of cape

Noun: "a promontory"

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  • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick:
    For they are only being driven from promontory to cape; and if one coast is no longer enlivened with their jets, then, be sure, some other and remoter strand has been very recently startled by the unfamiliar spectacle.

Noun: garment covering the shoulders and back

specifically, I searched for cites that assert a difference between cape and cloak (or cites that specifically don't maintain the distinctions the other cites claim)
  • 1879, James Robinson Planché, A Cyclopaedia of Costume Or Dictionary of Dress, Including ..., page 184:
    ; the cape à capuchon, with a hood to it;
  • 1882, Hubert Howe Bancroft, History of Central America, volume 1, page 40:
    ">…] It is undoubtedly true that the capa of the sixteenth century was much shorter than the cloak of to-day, being a cape rather than a cloak, and not at all resembling the Roman toga.
  • 2010, Alexandra Croom, Roman Clothing and Fashion
    CAPES In some ways the cape was similar to a cloak, but instead of being fastened bya brooch it was sewn up the front to give better protection than a cloak, which usually leaves the right side less well covered than the
  • , page 302:
    Cape - shorter than a cloak, to mid thigh maximum, often open at the front and without a hood - used like a jacket. May attach with ties at the neck. May cover only the back and be open at the front.]

    • Verb: "To act as (i.e., be) a superhero, to go around doing the duties and actions of a superhero"

    • 2017, April Daniels, Dreadnought: Nemesis - Book One (Diversion Books, →ISBN):
      Calamity tells me about the adventures she's had caping around the city, and I tell her about how I transitioned. I know that once school is over I get to go caping again.
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