surcoat
IPA: sˈɝkoʊt
noun
- (historical) A loose garment without sleeves worn over a suit of armor, sometimes colored or embroidered with the wearer's coat of arms.
- (historical) An overgarment worn over a woman's gown; a kind of short robe worn over the tunic at the close of the 11th century.
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Examples of "surcoat" in Sentences
- Men wore a tunic or cotte with a surcoat.
- I don't have any views on when a tabard becomes a surcoat etc.
- These consisted of metal plates rivetted to the inside of a surcoat.
- Over this was worn the cyclas or sleeveless surcoat also worn by men .
- The surcoat of the figure is embellished with the Scarisbrick Coat of Arms.
- Many of these were older styles similar to the armoured surcoat discussed below.
- This surcoat is made like a crémeau, but it completely covers the back and shoulders.
- Each one wore a kind of surcoat made of the skin of the elk, reaching from his neck to his knees, and answering the purpose of
- Centuries ago, a man's "signature" was the sign he marked on his shield and on the surcoat of his armor, which explains "coat of arms."
- Instead of the many-pocketed and well-worn vest that he favored, he had donned a black surcoat embroidered with gold, over a snowy silk shirt.
- The stranger wore the unidentifiable and ragged remains of a shirt and trousers, and a kind of surcoat cut out of animal skins that had been tacked together with thongs of sinew.
- I think it'd be incredibly difficult to actually say much of anything about the mini's proportional rendition of Brienne, what with the armor, the baggy surcoat, the twisting of the body, etc.
- Fashion historian Valerie Steele says uniforms have been made to distinguish troops from the enemy since knights in the Middle Ages wore a cloth surcoat over their chainmail, decorated with the crest of their king.
- Each one wore a kind of surcoat made of the skin of the elk, reaching from his neck to his knees, and answering the purpose of a shirt of mail, for it was arrow proof, and could even resist a musket ball at the distance of ninety yards.
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