capo 1
/kay"poh/ , n. , pl. capos .
1. any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
2. the nut of a guitar, lute, banjo, etc. Also called capotasto .
[ 1875-80; capotasto CAPOTASTO ]
capo 2
/kah"poh, kap"oh/ , n. , pl. capos .
the chief of a branch of the Mafia.
[ 1960-65; capum for L caput; cf. CHIEF ]