capoch

English

Alternative forms

• capouch

Etymology

Compare Spanish capucho, Late Latin caputium, from capa (“cloak”).

Noun

capoch (plural capoches)

1. A hood, especially the hood attached to the gown of a monk.

Synonyms

• mountier cap

Related terms

• cappuccino
• capuchin

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “capoch”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)