liripipe
a hood with a long, hanging peak, worn originally by medieval academics and later adopted for general wear in the 14th and 15th centuries.
a long strip or tail of fabric hanging from a garment or headdress, especially the peak of this hood or a streamer on a chaperon; tippet.
Origin of liripipe
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How to use liripipe in a sentence
His hood is parti-coloured and jagged at the edge and round his face, and his liripipe is very long.
English Costume | Dion Clayton CalthropThe long peak grew and grew into the preposterous liripipe which hung down the back from the head to the feet.
English Costume | Dion Clayton CalthropHere a liripipe is extravagantly long; here a gold circlet decorates curled locks with matchless taste.
English Costume | Dion Clayton CalthropThe hood is fixed on the right shoulder, and the band representing the liripipe is brought across the breast of the wearer.
The Heritage of Dress | Wilfred Mark WebbLowest in rank are the surpliced choristers wearing hoods, with, in some instances, a liripipe depending from them behind.
The Customs of Old England | F. J. Snell
British Dictionary definitions for liripipe
liripoop (ˈlɪrɪˌpuːp)
/ (ˈlɪrɪˌpaɪp) /
the tip of a graduate's hood
Origin of liripipe
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