DCHP-3

Hudson's Bay capote

Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a heavy blue capote (def. 1) furnished with metal buttons and worn as a part of the winter uniform by servants of the Hudson's Bay Company.

See: capote(def. 1),Illinois capote

Quotations

1880
Some wore the old Hudson's Bay capote of navy-blue cloth with brass buttons.