caping

Verb

cape (third-person singular simple present capes, present participle caping, simple past and past participle caped)

1. To incite or attract (a bull) to charge a certain direction, by waving a cape.
   • “I became a novillero when I was fourteen, but I had already been going to the fields and caping bulls since I was about twelve."2013, Odie Hawkins, The Black Matador, "Sugar", AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 140
2. To head or point; to keep a course.
   • The ship capes southwest by south.
3. To skin an animal, particularly a deer.
4. (US, slang) To defend or praise, especially that which is unworthy.
   • A lot of African-Americans believe the answer is Clinton, mostly because "she's not Trump" and because President Barack Obama is shamelessly caping for her.2016, Ken Makin, “Clinton-Trump debacle underscores gross misunderstanding of politics”, in Urban Pro Weekly, 6 October - 12 October 2016, page 5
5. (transitive) To cover (as) with or like a cape.
   • The white fur that caped his neck and shoulders stood on end.1988, Susan Lowell, Ganado Red: A Novella and Stories, Milkweed Editions, →ISBN, page 86

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