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Cape(cape)A cape is a coastal landform extending beyond the adjacentcoast into the sea or a lake . A cape is usually morethan just a headland and peninsula ,having considerable effects on the directions of ocean currents aroundthem. The most important capes :
A cape is an article of clothing , and can be used to describeany sleeveless outer garment, such as a poncho . They were common in medieval Europe , and have periodic returns to fashion , for example in nineteenth century Europe. They remain in regular use as rainwear in various military units and police forces, for example in France and the United Kingdom .Perhaps for this reason, capes became associated with fascism in Italy during the 1920s . A gas cape was avoluminous military garment designed to give rain protection to someone wearing the bulky gas masks used in twentieth century wars. Superheroes , vampires , andthe like are often depicted wearing capes, and they are therefore sometimes adopted by those with superheroic or vampiricpretensions. See also: cloak cap, capes, ape, garment, cae, chile, , century, cpae, south, acpe, india, cpe, nineteenth, caep, units This article is completely or partly from Wikipedia - The Free Online Encyclopedia. Original Article. The text on this site is made available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation Licence. We take no responsibility for the content, accuracy and use of this article. Anoca.org Encyclopedia 0.02s |