kapota
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew [Term?]
Noun
kapota (plural kapotas)
- (Judaism) A long black coat worn on certain occasions by members of the Chabad movement.
- 1988 September 2, Florence Hamlish Levinsohn, “A Special Connection With God”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
- They also wear large-brimmed black felt fedoras, and for all religious occasions a kapota, a knee-length double-breasted silk coat.)