Meaning & use
Capotes
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Long cloaks or coats, often with a hood, historically worn especially by soldiers; also, the folding fabric tops of some convertible vehicles.
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The soldiers wrapped themselves in their wool capotes against the winter cold.
Mechanics repaired the tears in the old car's canvas capotes.
A note on using this word
Borrowed from French, where 'capote' also refers to a soft convertible car roof, a sense that carried over into English automotive terminology.
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cloakshooded coats
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