capcase

English

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Alternative forms

cap-case

Etymology

From cap +‎ case?

Noun

capcase (plural capcases)

1. (archaic) A handheld case such as one to carry documents or hats.

   Synonym: bandbox

2. (obsolete) A chest or trunk.
   • 1626 February 13 (licensing date), 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.