Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hood worn by the peasant women of the French slope of the Pyrenees. It is made of fine white or red cloth, sometimes bordered with black velvet.
- noun Same as
capellet .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Far.) Same as
capellet .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative form of
capellet .
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Examples
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The woman who had prepared my supper came forth arrayed in a capulet of white and scarlet, and two younger girls who accompanied her wore veils and long, black robes which fell about their forms like Oriental garments.
In the Yule-Log Glow, Book II Christmas Tales from 'Round the World 1902
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She was suffering slightly from humour in the head, and her mother had expressly bidden her to wrap herself in her _capulet_, * a large white _capulet_ which contrasted vividly with her old black woollen dress.
The Three Cities Trilogy: Lourdes, Complete ��mile Zola 1871
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She was suffering slightly from humour in the head, and her mother had expressly bidden her to wrap herself in her _capulet_, * a large white _capulet_ which contrasted vividly with her old black woollen dress.
The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete Lourdes, Rome and Paris ��mile Zola 1871
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She wrapped herself up in her capulet and kept as still as a mouse.
Latest Articles EWTN.com 2010
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She wrapped herself up in her capulet and kept as still as a mouse.
Latest Articles 2010
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I still don't have any of that Google Labs stuff in my Gmail for @capulet. com or @darrenbarefoot. com accounts, let alone the fancy themes.
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Deny thy father, and refuse thy name, or if thou wilt not, be but sworn by mai love, and i’ll no longer be a capulet!
Good Night, Good night! Parting is - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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