Middle English Dictionary Entry
capain n.
Entry Info
| Forms | capain n. |
| Etymology | ?OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A kind of cope.
Associated quotations
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)239/17 : And the kyngus of Fraunce vsid euermore in batel for to bere his cope, and by capain, scilicet, his cope, were the berers of it clepyd capellani.