I. ˈkā-(ˌ)pō noun
( plural capos )
Etymology: short for capotasto, from Italian, literally, head of fingerboard
Date: 1926
: a movable bar attached to the fingerboard of a fretted instrument to uniformly raise the pitch of all the strings
II. ˈkä-(ˌ)pō, ˈka- noun
( plural capos )
Etymology: Italian, head, chief, from Latin caput
Date: circa 1952
: the head of a branch of a crime syndicate