The Collaborative International Dictionary
Courtepy
Courtepy \Cour"te*py\ (k??r"t?-p?), n. [D. kort short + pije a coarse cloth.] A short coat of coarse cloth. [Obs.]
Full threadbare was his overeste courtepy.
--Chaucer.
Wiktionary
courtepy
n. (context obsolete English) A short coat of coarse cloth.
Wikipedia
Courtepy
A ''courtepy'' is a doublet that has been deeply pleated from the shoulders to the waist around the entire garment, and then flared over the hips. There is also an undershirt, and many different sleeve styles.
Usage examples of "courtepy".
Ful thredbare was his overeste courtepy, For he hadde geten hym yet no benefice, Ne was so worldly for to have office, For hym was levere have at his beddes heed Twenty bookes, clad in blak or reed, Of Aristotle and his plilosophie, Than robes riche, or fithele, or gay sautrie.