CAPOT

Etymology

Noun

capot (plural capots)

A winning of all the tricks in the game of piquet, counting for forty points.

Verb

capot (third-person singular simple present capots, present participle capotting, simple past and past participle capotted)

(ambitransitive) To win all the tricks (from), when playing at piquet.

Anagrams

• coapt

Source: Wiktionary


Ca*pot", n. Etym: [F.]

Definition: A winning of all the tricks at the game of piquet. It counts for forty points. Hoyle.

Ca*pot", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Capotted.]

Definition: To win all the tricks from, in playing at piquet.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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