capcase
A handheld case such as one to carry documents or hats.
Noun
- A handheld case such as one to carry documents or hats.
Synonyms: bandbox
- A chest or trunk.
- a cap-case for your linen and your plate - 1626 February 13 (licensing date; Gregorian calendar), Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Noble Gentleman”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson,...
- 1619, Anonymous, A Yorkshire Tragedy
- two rebato wyers vpon my brest, a capcase by my side, a brush at my backe, an Almanacke in my pocket […]
Origin
From cap + case?