Batcape

See also: batcape

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

bat +‎ cape, by analogy with Batman.

Noun

Batcape (plural Batcapes)

  1. A cape, particularly one that resembles the long, black one worn by Batman.
    • 1996, Nancy Griffin, Kim Masters, Hit & Run‎, page 168:
      He had four months to make a special-effects extravaganza that had to make every want to wear a Batcape next Halloween.
    • 2008, James Jauncey, The Witness, page 42:
      Tears streaming down the boy's face, though he was still hanging on, blanket flapping out like a Batcape.
    • 2014, Maeve Haran, The Time of their Lives:
      Jamie was sitting in Daisy's cot next to her, wearing his new Batman outfit, back to front, attempting to tie his Batcape around his protesting baby sister.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Batcape.
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