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capework

capework

9.2
Dramatic movements made with a cape in dance, theater, or bullfighting
  • noun
translation icon : faena
  • The dancer's graceful capework captivated the audience during the performance.

Examples

  • He was most interested in your servant's display of capework.

    Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)

  • There comes a time in every bullfight when it's time to end the capework and uncover the sword.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • In bullfighting, skilled capework can showcase the matador's agility and style.

  • The theater troupe practiced their capework to enhance the dramatic effect of their scenes.

Synonyms

faena
vscapework
  • Jargon
9.9

A series of careful moves by a bullfighter with a cape to show skill in a bullfight

is broader covering cape movements across dance theater and bullfighting

How Dramatic

spectacle
68 4.2
flourish
14 6.2
capework
9.2
twirl
15 2.7
gesture
245 3.2
movement
696 1.5

Surface Forms

capework singular
capeworks plural

Morphology

capework = cape + work (transparent) = cape + work

A straightforward compound of 'cape' + 'work' where 'work' denotes actions/movements performed with a cape (analogous to 'footwork').

Etymology

Capework comes from cape ('a cloak') and work ('skill or movement'), like the familiar word footwork. So capework means the skillful, dramatic moves you make with a cape.