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capcase

noun

Etymology

From cap + case?

  1. derived from cāsus — “a falling, a fall; accident, event, occurrence; occasion, opportunity; noun case”
  2. derived from cas — “an event”
  3. inherited from cas
  4. compounded as capcase — “cap + case”

Definitions

  1. A handheld case such as one to carry documents or hats.

  2. A chest or trunk.

    • a cap-case for your linen and your plate
    • 1619, Anonymous, A Yorkshire Tragedy
    • two rebato wyers vpon my brest, a capcase by my side, a brush at my backe, an Almanacke in my pocket […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA