capcase
English
Alternative forms
cap-case
Etymology
Noun
capcase (plural capcases)
- (archaic) A handheld case such as one to carry documents or hats.
- Synonym: bandbox
- (obsolete) A chest or trunk.
- 1626 February 13 (licensing date; Gregorian calendar), Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Noble Gentleman”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act V, scene ii:
- a cap-case for your linen and your plate
- 1619, Anonymous, A Yorkshire Tragedy
- two rebato wyers vpon my brest, a capcase by my side, a brush at my backe, an Almanacke in my pocket […]
References
- “capcase”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.