Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In general, a hood attached to a garment in ecclesiastical or other canonical costume, as the hood of a Bachelor of Arts, or of a fellow of an English university, or that attached to a monk's gown, a cope, or the like.
- n. A short hooded cloak similar to the armilausa.
Examples
“Fratres autem ducti fuerunt ad plateam ciuitatis, vbi accensus est ignis copiosus, in quen frater Thomas voluit se proijcere, sed quidam Saracenus cepit eam per caputium et retraxit dicens; Non vadus tu cum sis senex, quia carmen aliquod vel experimentum habere posses super te, quare te ignis non posset laedere, sed alium ire in ignem permittas.”
“(From caputium, hood — So named from the headgear which was one of their distinctive marks.)”
“Similar embroideries adorned the wrists and the caputium (head opening), i.e. the neck.”
“Crista ad caputium argentea bene operata trifuriata cum perlis et aliis lapidibus, habens pomellum trifuriatum, cum broca et cathena argentea.”
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