a. [f. CAPE sb.2 + -ED2.] Having a cape; clad in a cape.

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c. 1550.  Pride & Abuse Wom., 119, in Hazl., E. P. P., IV. 239. A caped cassoc, Moche lyke a players gowne.

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1589.  Pappe w. Hatchet, D ij b. In a cap’de cloake.

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1784.  New Spect., I. 4/1. The treble-caped great coat and belt.

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1859.  Sala, Tw. round Clock (1861), 362. A hackney coachman’s many-caped coat.

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1886.  T. Hardy, in Athenæum, 16 Oct., 501/3. Quaintly attired in caped cloak, knee-breeches, and buckled shoes.

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  Caped ppl. a.: see CAPE v.2

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