Citations:cape

Noun: garment covering the shoulders and back

 * specifically, I searched for cites that assert a difference between cape and cloak (or cites that specifically don't maintain the distinctions the other cites claim)


 * 1879, James Robinson Planché, A Cyclopaedia of Costume Or Dictionary of Dress, Including ..., page 184:
 * ; the cape à capuchon, with a hood to it;
 * 1882, Hubert Howe Bancroft, History of Central America, volume 1, page 40:
 * It is undoubtedly true that the capa of the sixteenth century was much shorter than the cloak of to-day, being a cape rather than a cloak, and not at all resembling the Roman toga.
 * 2010, Alexandra Croom, Roman Clothing and Fashion
 * CAPES In some ways the cape was similar to a cloak, but instead of being fastened bya brooch it was sewn up the front to give better protection than a cloak, which usually leaves the right side less well covered than the
 * [2021, Briar Paccalin, Alain Boix, Le lexique illustré de la mode français-anglais: The visual [...], page 302:
 * Cape - shorter than a cloak, to mid thigh maximum, often open at the front and without a hood - used like a jacket. May attach with ties at the neck. May cover only the back and be open at the front.]
 * Cape - shorter than a cloak, to mid thigh maximum, often open at the front and without a hood - used like a jacket. May attach with ties at the neck. May cover only the back and be open at the front.]

Verb: "To act as (i.e., be) a superhero, to go around doing the duties and actions of a superhero"

 * 2017, April Daniels, Dreadnought: Nemesis - Book One (Diversion Books, ISBN 9781682300671):
 * Calamity tells me about the adventures she's had caping around the city, and I tell her about how I transitioned. I know that once school is over I get to go caping again.