cape

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cape1

▶noun

• 1 a sleeveless cloak, especially a short one.

  ■ a part of a longer coat or cloak that falls loosely over the shoulders from the neckband.

• 2 N. Amer. the pelt from the head and neck of an animal.

▶verb N. Amer. skin the head and neck of (an animal) to prepare a hunting trophy.

– derivatives
caped adjective.

– origin C16: from Fr., from Provençal capa, from late L. cappa ‘covering for the head’.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cape2

▶noun a headland or promontory.

■ (the Cape) the Cape of Good Hope.

■ (the Cape) the former Cape Province of South Africa.

– origin ME: from OFr. cap, from Provençal, based on L. caput ‘head’.