capote

< /kəˈpoʊts; French kaˈpɔt/.

1. a long cloak with a hood.
2. a close-fitting, caplike bonnet worn by women and children in the mid-Victorian period.
3. a bullfighter’s cape; capa.
4. an adjustable top or hood of a vehicle, as a buggy.

noun

1. Truman,1924–84, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.

noun

1. a long cloak or soldier’s coat, usually with a hood

noun

1. Truman. 1924–84, US writer; his novels include Other Voices, Other Rooms (1948) and In Cold Blood (1964), based on an actual multiple murder

n.

“long cloak with a hood,” 1812, from French capote, fem. of capot (17c.), diminutive of cape (see cape (n.1)).