Capuche. World English Historical Dictionary

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Also 7 capuch, -uce, cappuce. See also CAPOUCH. [a. F. capuche (also capuce), ad. It. cappuccio (= Sp. capucho), augm. of cappa: see CAP, CAPE.] The hood of a cloak; spec. that of the Capuchin monks.

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a. 1600.  Aberdeen Register (Jam.). Ane sie [i.e., say] capusche.

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1611.  Cotgr., Capuchon, a Capuche; a Monks Cowle, or Hood … also, the hood of a cloake.

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1658.  Cleveland, Rustick Ramp., Wks. (1687), 424. It was their Sport … to snatch off his Hood or Capuch (which was a part of the Cloak, or outward Garment worn then, and served to cover the Head).

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1670.  G. H., Hist. Cardinals, I. II. 46. He put his Cappuce or Cowle upon his head.

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1726.  Cavallier, Mem., I. 49. Nothing else was to be seen there but Cassocks and Capuches.

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1843.  G. P. R. James, Forest Days (1847), 105. A jolly friar, clothed in grey, with his capuche thrown back.

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  Hence Capuched a., hooded.

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1646.  Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., V. iii. 236. They are differently cucullated or capuched upon the head and backe.

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1656.  Blount, Glossogr., Capuched, hooded.

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