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Definition of "kapta" [kapta]

  • A shirt of reindeer-skin worn by the Laplanders. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "kapta" in a sentence
  • "The women were all busy; one was weaving shoe-bands of bright colors, red predominating; another was just finishing a "kapta," and a third one was putting a lining of red flannel over the seams upon a tiny pair of reindeer-skin shoes for a child; the girls were sewing some undergarments."
  • "I put on a new pair of reindeer trousers, that were lent to me and that had never been worn before, and a new "kapta.""
  • "The Finlanders do not dress like the Laplanders when they are at home; it is only when they travel that they wear the kapta or pesh."