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  • adjective Without a cape (item of clothing).

Etymologies

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cape +‎ -less

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Examples

  • Pretty much every superhero published in the last thirty years is capeless, so I assume that most young writers would lean towards capeless heroes.

    Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » I’ve got it! 2009

  • I also wonder if Cyclodelic clothing will be available in the New York City Topshop as well, since I've been riding capeless for far too long.

    Archive 2009-03-01 BikeSnobNYC 2009

  • I also wonder if Cyclodelic clothing will be available in the New York City Topshop as well, since I've been riding capeless for far too long.

    Cape Fear: Cycling Fashion's Reign of Terror Continues BikeSnobNYC 2009

  • So the Professor Lang of that world immediately clapped the capeless Jimmy of our world in irons and sold him on the free market.

    Friday Night Open Thread: Comics Rogers 2005

  • She was capeless and soaked, dripping wet from head to toe, her red hair plastered to her face and neck like stranded seaweed as she stared out into the Viisiiviisii.

    Drowning World Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2003

  • Standing capeless in the rain, he finally thrust both ears forward.

    Drowning World Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2003

  • She was capeless and soaked, dripping wet from head to toe, her red hair plastered to her face and neck like stranded seaweed as she stared out into the Viisiiviisii.

    Drowning World Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2003

  • Standing capeless in the rain, he finally thrust both ears forward.

    Drowning World Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2003

  • But alas! she was confronted by a huge dog, and just escaped with whole skin though capeless jacket.

    Eighty Years and More: Reminiscences 1815-1897 1898

  • Investigation on his part was what took him out of sight for the moment, and later investigation showed that one marauder, at least, had gone that way, for a capeless greatcoat was found close down by the shore, where some fugitive had tossed it in his flight.

    A Daughter of the Sioux A Tale of the Indian frontier Charles King 1888

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