/ keɪp; NAmE / noun
1.
a loose outer piece of clothing that has no sleeves, fastens at the neck and hangs from the shoulders, like a cloak but shorter :
a bullfighter's cape
2.
( abbr. C. ) (often in place names) a piece of high land that sticks out into the sea :
Cape Horn
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WORD ORIGIN
sense 1 mid 16th cent.: from French , from Provençal capa , from late Latin cappa covering for the head.
sense 2 late Middle English : from Old French cap , from Provençal , based on Latin caput head.