liripipe

[ lir-ee-pahyp ]

noun
  1. a hood with a long, hanging peak, worn originally by medieval academics and later adopted for general wear in the 14th and 15th centuries.

  2. 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

1
First recorded in 1540–50, liripipe is from the Medieval Latin word liripipium, of obscure origin

Words Nearby 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 Calthrop
  • The long peak grew and grew into the preposterous liripipe which hung down the back from the head to the feet.

    English Costume | Dion Clayton Calthrop
  • Here a liripipe is extravagantly long; here a gold circlet decorates curled locks with matchless taste.

    English Costume | Dion Clayton Calthrop
  • The 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 Webb
  • Lowest in rank are the surpliced choristers wearing hoods, with, in some instances, a liripipe depending from them behind.

British Dictionary definitions for liripipe

liripipe

liripoop (ˈlɪrɪˌpuːp)

/ (ˈlɪrɪˌpaɪp) /


noun
  1. the tip of a graduate's hood

Origin of liripipe

1
C14: Medieval Latin liripipium, origin obscure

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