capot

noun

1. A winning of all the tricks in the game of piquet, counting for forty points.

   “There are three chances in this game, viz., the repique, pique, and capot[…]The Capot is , when either of the Players make every Trick , for which he is to count forty ; instead of which he counts but ten , when he only gets the Majority of the Tricks, which is called , the Cards”

   “A curious score was made in a game of piquet with one of the ladies. [...] In the fifth hand she made a piquet and capot, scoring 121 to 0, and in the sixth hand, being the minor, she made a repiquet, taking all but the last trick, counting 111 to 3, totalling 270, and rubiconing her opponent at 99, with a win of 469 points.”

verb

1. (ambitransitive)To win all the tricks (from), when playing at piquet.

   ““Capot me if I think that was according to the rules of the game,” said his confident ; “ and pray , what answer did you return ?””