caped

English

Etymology

cape + -ed

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkeɪpt/
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  • Rhymes: -eɪpt

Adjective

caped (not comparable)

  1. Wearing a cape or capes.
    One of Batman’s aliases is "the Caped Crusader".
  2. (in compounds) Wearing a cape of a specified kind.
    • 1956, James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room, Penguin, published 2001, Part Two, Chapter 4:
      Hella looked about delightedly at all of it, the cafés, the self-contained people, the violent snarl of the traffic, the blue-caped traffic policeman and his white, gleaming club.
  3. (rail transport, slang) cancelled

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