Caoutchouc kepi
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- caoutchouc: (French) rubber; raincoat (obsolete)
- kepi: a military cap with a flat or forward-sloping circular top and a horizontal peak or visor (primarily associated with the French military and police, as well as with the American civil war; some were made from rubber)
- HCE is putting on his seven pieces of clothing, suitably waterproof for a happygogusty April morning of potentially stormy conditions, that is, of showers and exposers. Cf.great belt, Hideinsacks, blaufunx fustian, Ironsides jackboots, Bhagafat gaiters and rubberised inverness
