Obs. [Fr.; augm. of capuche hood.] A hood; a kind of head-dress.
1604. E. G[rimstone], D’Acosta’s Hist. Indies, IV. xii. 245. An earthen vessell, like to … a capuchon or hoode.
1613. R. C., Table Alph. (ed. 3), Capuchon, a hoode or coule.
1834. Planché, Brit. Costume, 120. The capuchon, instead of being worn as a cowl, was sometimes twisted into a fanciful form and placed upon the top of the head like a modern toque.
