capcase

== English == === Alternative forms === cap-case === Etymology === From cap +‎ case? === Noun === capcase (plural capcases) (archaic) A handheld case such as one to carry documents or hats. Synonym: bandbox (obsolete) A chest or trunk. 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.