DCHP-3

capote coat

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a serviceable hooded greatcoat of blanket cloth, moosehide, or other material, long the standard wear among traders and trappers in the North, who took this warm garment over from the habitants and voyageurs of New France.

See: capote(def. 1)

Quotations

1913
. . . by the time we were opposite the Post it was crowded with dusky men in their blue capot coats.
1952
For winter clothing back in 1905 the men wore capote (hooded) coats either of blue or white duffle.