/kəˈpɒt/, /kəˈpəʊ/
OriginFrom French capot. Doublet of kaput and capote.
- A winning of all the tricks in the game of piquet, counting for forty points.
“There are three chances in this game, viz., the repique, pique, and capot[…]The Capot is , when either of the Players make every Trick , for which he is to count forty ; instead of which he counts but”
“A curious score was made in a game of piquet with one of the ladies. [...] In the fifth hand she made a piquet and capot, scoring 121 to 0, and in the sixth hand, being the minor, she made a repiquet,”
- ambitransitiveTo win all the tricks (from), when playing at piquet.
““Capot me if I think that was according to the rules of the game,” said his confident ; “ and pray , what answer did you return ?””
Formscapots(plural) · capots(present, singular, third-person) · capotting(participle, present) · capoting(participle, present) · capotted(participle, past) · capotted(past) · capoted(participle, past) · capoted(past)