'Doubling a cape' definitions:

Definition of 'Doubling a cape'

From: GCIDE
  • Doubling \Dou"bling\, n.
  • 1. The act of one that doubles; a making double; reduplication; also, that which is doubled. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A turning and winding; as, the doubling of a hunted hare; shift; trick; artifice. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Her.) The lining of the mantle borne about the shield or escutcheon. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. The process of redistilling spirits, to improve the strength and flavor. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. raising the stakes in a game, such as a card game or backgammon, by a factor of 2.
  • Syn: double. [WordNet 1.5]
  • Doubling a cape, promontory, etc. (Naut.), sailing around or passing beyond a cape, promontory, etc. [1913 Webster]