English citations of cape

Noun: "a promontory" edit

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  • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick:
    For they are only being driven from promontory to cape; and if one coast is no longer enlivened with their jets, then, be sure, some other and remoter strand has been very recently startled by the unfamiliar spectacle.

Verb: "To act as (i.e., be) a superhero, to go around doing the duties and actions of a superhero" edit

  • 2017, April Daniels, Dreadnought: Nemesis - Book One (Diversion Books, →ISBN):
    Calamity tells me about the adventures she's had caping around the city, and I tell her about how I transitioned. [] I know that once school is over I get to go caping again.