Surcoat

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A loose outer coat or gown.
  • n. A tunic worn in the Middle Ages by a knight over his armor.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A loose garment without sleeves worn over a suit of armor, sometimes colored or embroidered with the wearer's coat of arms
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A coat worn over the other garments; especially, the long and flowing garment of knights, worn over the armor, and frequently emblazoned with the arms of the wearer.
  • n. A name given to the outer garment of either sex at different epochs of the Middle Ages.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An outer garment.
  • n. A garment formerly worn by women in its most familiar form, a jacket reaching only to the hips, and often trimmed with fur, which formed an important part of costume in the fifteenth century.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a loose outer coat usually of rich material
  • n. a tunic worn over a knight's armor
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    coat    tunic   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    doublet    caftan    tabard    leggings    kirtle    bandanna    drape    petticoat    coverlet    leathers