CAPON, k[=a]'pn, _n._ a castrated cock: a fish: a letter.--_v.t._
C[=A]'PONISE. [A.S. _capun_; L. _capon-em_, Gr. _kap[=o]n_--_koptein_, to
cut. See CHOP.]
CAPONIERE, kap-[=o]-n[=e]r', _n._ a covered passage across the ditch of a
fortified place.--Also CAPONIER'. [Fr.]