capcase

A handheld case such as one to carry documents or hats.

Noun

  1. A handheld case such as one to carry documents or hats.

    Synonyms: bandbox

  2. 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?

Forms

capcases