Dōm'i-no, n.

pl. Dōm'i-Nōṣ, or Dōm'i-Nōęṣ. [It. & Sp., from Lat. dominus, master; or from It. domo, duomo, cathedral, being a hood worn by the canons of a cathedral.]

1. A cape with a hood, formerly worn by priests, especially in winter, to protect the head and face.
2. A kind of hood worn by the canons of a cathedral church.
3. A mourning vail formerly worn by women.
4. A half-mask formerly worn by ladies, as a partial disguise for the features, in traveling, at masquerades, and elsewhere.
5. A long, loose cloak, usually of black silk, but often of other materials, with a hood removable at pleasure, used as a disguise for the form or features at masquerades.
6. A person wearing a domino.
7. (pl.) A game played by two or more persons, with twenty-eight pieces of oblong ivory, &c., plain at the back, but on the face divided by a line in the middle, and indented with spots from a one to double-six; the game consists in matching the number of spots on either outer end of the pieces, as they lie when played.
8. One of the pieces with which the game of dominos is played. Hoyle.