Cape vs Cloke - What's the difference?
cape | cloke |
(geography) A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.
A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders, but not reaching below the hips.
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(nautical) To head or point; to keep a course.
(obsolete) To gape.
To skin an animal, particularly a deer.
As nouns the difference between cape and cloke
is that cape is hard earth layer (while digging) while cloke is .cape
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) cap, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* chersonese * peninsula * pointEtymology 2
(wikipedia cape) (etyl) capa, from .Noun
(en noun)- Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […] Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.
See also
* cloakVerb
(cap)- The ship capes southwest by south.
- (Chaucer)