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Outer garment for medieval person, as court windy
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surcoat
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A loose garment without sleeves worn over a suit of armor, sometimes colored or embroidered with the wearer's coat of arms
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Surcoat \Sur"coat`\, n. [OE. surcote, OF. surcote. See Sur- , and Coat , and cf. Overcoat .] 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. ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"outer coat," early 14c., from Old French surcote "outer garment," from sur- "on, upon, over, above" (see sur- (1)) + cote (see coat (n.)).
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A surcoat initially was an outer garment commonly worn in the Middle Ages by both men and women. It can either refer to a coat worn over other clothes or the outermost garment itself. The name derives from French meaning "over the coat", a long, loose, ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a loose outer coat usually of rich material a tunic worn over a knight's armor
Usage examples of surcoat.
Jumping out of bed, Alec stalked to the wardrobe and inspected the surcoats hanging there.
Still others lolled at ease, their surcoats unlaced, passing the dregs of broached spirits between them.
The men were heavily armored and bore the enflamed white cross moline fitchy of the outlawed Order of Saint Michael on their surcoats of Michaeline blue.
Over the haubergeon he wore a full-length surcoat that showed his badge of the red heart.
With Nick and Lys, he flattened himself against one wall of the alley as horsemen in yellow surcoats fought hooded footmen in the teeming rain-a vicious, close-quarters combat pent up between the stone buildings that fronted the alley.
His stately figure, almost as tall and stout as that of King Edward, was always clad with some mark of the warrior, in polished steel inlaid with gold, sometimes as a placcard, sometimes as a cuirass which sparkled beneath a surcoat.
She was dressed modestly in a plain, dark blue housedress with a sideless surcoat of dark red, but her elegance confused Anne.
The old woman shivered, wrapping her sideless surcoat tighter around her ribs.
Here and there among the moving throng of dark jerkins and of white surcoats were scattered dashes of scarlet and blue, the whimples or shawls of the women.
Across the chamber, stripped of his state collar and muffled under the half-shucked folds of the alizarin and gold ducal surcoat, Bransian launched into interrogation.
Morian listened silently, already armed and ready, the roundels and martlet on his green surcoat gleaming in the early morning light.
Sufficient that the Lord of Belec wore the small iron key in plain sight against the murrey brown cloth of his surcoat.
Still clutching his sword, Kluge staggered out of the great hall, hacking and slashing at the mailed men in red surcoats, who had made short work of his punker vanguard and now were slowly gaining the edge on his black knights as well.
It flickered in a warm amber radiance over scarred faces, frayed black surcoats with their white quatrefoil emblem, and seedy old blankets making shift as cloaks.
I started it in early summer, hired half the seamers in Vorgensburg to make surcoats and banners, but I never dreamed I would need them so soon.