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capelline

capelline is the alternative form of capeline.

Meaning of capeline

Noun

capeline (plural capelines)

  1. (historical) A steel skullcap formerly worn by members of the military.
  2. (historical) A kind of cavalry helmet seen in the English Civil War.
  3. (historical) A light woollen hood worn by ladies going out to an evening party.
  4. A cap-shaped bandage for the head or for the stump of an amputated limb.

Forms of capelline

pluralcapellines

Questions about capelline

What is capelline the alternative form of?
Capelline is the alternative form of capeline.

Words near capelline in the dictionary

  1. capellet
  2. capellets
  3. Capelli
  4. capelli d'angelo
  5. Capelli's identity
  6. capelline
  7. capellines
  8. capellini
  9. Capellis
  10. capellmeister
  11. capellmeisters

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Adapted from Wiktionary: capelline (page history and authors); capeline (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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