cape

Meaning

Noun

A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.

Verb

1. To incite or attract (a bull) to charge a certain direction, by waving a cape.
2. To head or point; to keep a course.
3. To skin an animal, particularly a deer.
4. (slang) To defend or praise, especially that which is unworthy.
5. To cover (as) with or like a cape.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/keɪp/

Etymology

From Middle English cape, gappe, cap, from Old French cap (“cape, headland”), from Latin caput (“head”). Doublet of capo, caput, chef, and chief, and distantly with head and Howth. For sense development, compare English ness (“a promontory point, cape”) from a root related to nose.