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Definition of Capeline
1. n. A hood- shaped bandage for the head, the shoulder, or the stump of an amputated limb.
Definition of Capeline
1. Noun. A steel skullcap formerly worn by members of the military. ¹
2. Noun. A kind of cavalry helmet seen in the (w English Civil War). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Capeline
1. a small iron skullcap [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Capeline
Literary usage of Capeline
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Treasury of History: Comprising a General Introductory Outline of by Samuel Maunder, John Inman (1845)
"The capeline Dynasty, or Third Race. n. D. 987.—After the death of Louis V., the
last of the Carlovingian race, Hugh Capet usurped the throne. ..."
2. A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries by John Woodward, George Burnett (1892)
"On the capeline of ROBERT II. of Scotland are the arms of BRUCE. Other Scottish
examples are found in the cases of the Sire de SANDILANDS, and Sir GAUTHIER ..."
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