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."