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capot (kah-POT, kah-POH) - n., in piquet and similar card games, winning all tricks in a deal.
Another word picked up from Heyer. For what it's worth (probably not much since piquet it is rarely played now, at least in English-speaking countries), a capot is worth 40 points. Adopted around 1640 with the importation of other French terms used in the game (including the name -- until then, the English used the Spanish-derived name, Cent) after the marriage of Charles I to Henrietta Maria, from French where it designated (n.) or described (adj.) the player who has no tricks, after faire capot, to capsize, a nautical term.
---L.
Another word picked up from Heyer. For what it's worth (probably not much since piquet it is rarely played now, at least in English-speaking countries), a capot is worth 40 points. Adopted around 1640 with the importation of other French terms used in the game (including the name -- until then, the English used the Spanish-derived name, Cent) after the marriage of Charles I to Henrietta Maria, from French where it designated (n.) or described (adj.) the player who has no tricks, after faire capot, to capsize, a nautical term.
---L.
