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-capped

suffix
 
 
/-kæpt/

Definition

with a top covered in the way mentioned: a snow-capped mountainEdges and extremities of objectsSurfaces of objects
(Definition of -capped suffix from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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