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Surcoat - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Surcoat : (noun)
1: a loose outer coat usually of rich material
2: a tunic worn over a knight's armor
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Surcoat : \Sur"coat`\, n. [OE. surcote, OF. surcote. See Sur-,
and Coat, and cf. Overcoat.]
1. 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.
A long surcoat of pers upon he had.. --Chaucer.
At night, or in the rain, He dons a surcoat which he
doffs at morn. --Emerson.
2. A name given to the outer garment of either sex at
different epochs of the Middle Ages.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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