offcap
To take off the cap by way of obeisance or salutation.
Verb
- To take off the cap by way of obeisance or salutation.
- Three Great-ones of the Cittie, (In perſonall ſuite to make me his Lieutenant) Off-capt to him - c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William...
Origin
From off- + cap.