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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

3 entries under this word

Cape

Cāpe, n.

noun

n. [Fr. cap, from Lat. caput, head, top, point, end, extremity, Fr. cap, head, summit, extremity, It. capo, Sp. & Pg. cabo.]

  1. A neck of land, extending some distance into the sea; a headland.
  2. [Fr. cape. See CAP.] The part of a garment hanging from the neck behind and over the shoulders. “With a small compassed cape.” Shak.
  3. A kind of wine made at the Cape of Good Hope. Simmonds.

Cāpe, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. (Naut.) To head or point; as, the ship capes southwest by south.

Cā'pe, n.

noun

n. [Lat. cape, take, imperative of capere, to take.] (Law.) A judicial writ touching a plea of land and tenements. It takes its name from its opening word. Bouvier.