24 Metaphors for capping

The dropped caps and the abandoned knapsacks were always French caps and French knapsacks, cast aside, no doubt, for a quick flight after the melee.

That boy, that cap and that oar with the sparkling dripping water from the blade were to him the brightest pictures and greatest wonders he had ever known.

They afterwards ascended in the order in which they were seated; and every one, when he ascended, put on a silken tunic of an opaline color, and over it a robe of soft wool interwoven with flowers, and on his head a cap, on the crown of which was a bunch of roses encircled with small sapphires.

He wears an old vest, his trousers are held up by a belt, and his cap is a fur oneall of dark color.

" The offending cap was a net scarf tied under the chin, and I said, "You know I am subject to quinsy, and this cap protects my tonsils.

There is every reason to believe that the Martian snow-caps are quite flimsy structures.

The Bersagliere undress cap is a red fez with a blue tassel.

His cap, which had a badge in front, was greasy, and he carried an oilskin coat.

White cotton caps and red bandanna handkerchiefs were the prevailing forms of efflorescence.

On every man's cap is a metal badge crowded with battle honours, from the storming of Quebec to the relief of Ladysmith.

Caps have become an important item, from the fact that women of all ages wear something of the kind.

Cap was a very sensible dog; indeed, people used to say he could do everything but speak.

"That cap is a disgrace, Sir!"

This little peaked infantry cap is a damnable outrage.

Their fur caps were a dark brown of the well-known Nansen type, the half-moon peak making the head of the wearer a good mark at midnight up to 300 yards.

A night-cap was also a great help.

The Russian cap so commonly seen is an affectation,it catches the wind and is far from comfortable.

A high military cap, surmounted with a plume of black feathers, well became her bright, bold, black eyes, and her brow that looked as if accustomed "to threaten and command."

Their fur caps were a dark brown of the well-known Nansen type, the half-moon peak making the head of the wearer a good mark at midnight up to 300 yards.

The Swedish students came to Copenhagen, and that they might there be known amongst the multitude, the Upsala students wore a white cap with a black rim: this cap is accordingly a memorial,the sign of friendship's bridge over that river of blood which once flowed between kindred nations.

I often planned to give him a job, that I might see him nearer; but I had few errands, and little Bob, the hall-boy, depended on doing those: so the winter was nearly over before I found out that my Red Cap was an old friend.

The Parsees who engage as domestic servants seldom dress well; the ugly chintz cap will always be a disfigurement, and it is not often redeemed by the ample robe and handsome shawl which distinguish the better classes.

The small French military cap was often the only sign of their present profession.

So the capping of the climax of the wonders of the telephone would be wireless telephony, each instrument being so attuned that the undulations would respond only to the corresponding instrument.

24 Metaphors for  capping