Now and again a few sheep were seen cropping the thin brown moss and straggling verdure, tended by a boy clad in a fur cap and skin capote, forming a strong contrast to his bare legs and feet.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
A leathern capote and leggings hung from a nail in one corner; in another lay a pile of buffalo robes.
"The Prairie Chief"
R.M. Ballantyne
His dress was not unlike that worn by Basil; but as he was seated on the bow, and acting as pilot, and therefore more likely to feel the cold, he wore over his hunting-shirt, a Canadian capote of white woollen cloth, with its hood hanging down upon his shoulders.
"Popular Adventure Tales"
Mayne Reid