capcase
nounEtymology From cap + case?
1
Archaic A handheld case such as one to carry documents or hats.
2
Obsolete A chest or trunk.
- a cap-case for your linen and your plate1626 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:
- 1619, Anonymous, A Yorkshire Tragedy
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- two rebato wyers vpon my brest, a capcase by my side, a brush at my backe, an Almanacke in my pocket […]