Words / B2

KAYP/keɪp/

A cape is a sleeveless cloak; also a piece of land jutting into the sea: Cape Town; a cape over the shoulders. Headland, promontory, and peninsula are geography twins; cloak and mantle are clothing twins. Map the cape on the OS extract, then the lighthouse. Mix-up: cape vs cap; Cape as a brand; do not write cape for a hat or for an inland hill with no coast in the source.

Meaning

A sleeveless cloak; also a piece of land jutting into the sea.

Examples

• “Map the cape on the OS extract, then the lighthouse; a cape in the costume plot is the cloak.”
• “The Cape of Good Hope featured in the voyage source, which is the headland sense — still name the year.”

Good to know

Cape + place-name; a headland / cape; a sleeveless cape. Geography twins: headland / promontory. Clothing: cloak. Trap: cap. Geography, history, and drama. A headland, or a sleeveless cloak — specify.

Near in meaning

headland, promontory, cloak

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