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Semicope

Sem′i-copeˊ

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Noun.
A short cope, or an inferier kind of cope.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

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semicope

semicope

English

Noun

semicope (plural semicopes)

  1. (obsolete) A short cope, or an inferior kind of cope.
    Of double worsted was his semi-cope, / That rounded as a belle out of the presse. — Geoffrey Chaucer, 'The Prologue', Canterbury Tales (Project Gutenberg 2007)