What is "surcoats"

Usage examples of "surcoats".

Guards in light armor manned the entrance, all wearing the bright red surcoats of the Varanj, marked with the black silhouette of a rearing stallion.

Most were small patrols of Varanj, but there were occasional groups wearing the light yellow surcoats of the Antes.

A dozen Varanj soldiers in red surcoats guarded the courtyard's entryway, and more patrolled the ramparts and walls.

There were also soldiers in red surcoats, like the captain's, patrolling the fringe of the area.

Leesil spotted men in light yellow surcoats, as well, who kept their distance from Marjus's cohorts.

He turned back to dig inside the surcoats of their unconscious prisoners, and pulled out an iron key.

Church soldiers, wearing their distinctive white surcoats with the black circles on both breast and back, trotted past.

Helmeted with their visors closed, they wore no surcoats to identify themselves.

Shined and polished, their helmets casting blinding reflections in the sunlight, they stood shoulder to shoulder in their green surcoats, holding their freshly painted shields in front of them.

He still wore his mail hauberk, but had donned one of Lord Odfrey’s dark green surcoats for the occasion.

Dain saw them shuffling along in shackles, their boots worn nearly through, their mail tarnished and torn, their surcoats in filthy tatters.

Foreseeing this difficulty a year ago, I had caused to be made fifty thousand surcoats, each white with a broad red vertical stripe running up both the front and the back.

Many had taken vows to never fight without their family colors, and so felt honor-bound to refuse to wear the surcoats I’d given them.

Days were spent squabbling over this point, until the duke at last ordered all his men to wear the red-and-white surcoats, over their own surcoats if necessary, but to wear them or leave the battle.

I didn’t know who or what he was, but he was wearing one of our surcoats now and he seemed to be on our side.