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Copatain

Cop′a-tain

,
Adj.
[Formed fr.
cop
, in imitation of
captain
. See
Cop
,
Captain
.]
Having a high crown, or a point or peak at top.
[Obs.]
A
copatain
hat made on a Flemish block.
Gascoigne.

Definition 2024


copatain

copatain

English

Adjective

copatain (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Pertaining to a hat with a high pointed crown.
    O fine villain! A silken doublet, a velvet hose, a scarlet cloak, and a copatain hat! O, I am undone! I am undone! While I play the good husband at home, my son and my servant spend all at the university. — Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, Act 5, Scene 1.

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