kapota

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew [Term?]

Noun

kapota (plural kapotas)

1. (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.)