Main Entry: ¹cape

Pronunciation: \ˈkāp\

Function: noun

Usage: often attributive

Etymology: Middle English cap, from Anglo-French cape, from Old Occitan cap, from Latin caput head — more at head

Date: 14th century

1 : a point or extension of land jutting out into water as a peninsula or as a projecting point
2 often capitalized : cape cod cottage