Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • High-crowned; pointed. [Rare.] Also spelled copotain.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective obsolete Having a high crown, or a point or peak at top.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective obsolete Pertaining to a hat with a high pointed crown.

Etymologies

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Perhaps an alteration of captain.

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