bleaunt

[ blee-uhnt ]

noun

1. a short tunic or blouse, worn in the Middle Ages.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bleaunt¹

1275–1325; Middle English bleaunt, blihand < Anglo-French blia ( u ) nt, bliaut, Old French blialt, akin to Old Provençal blidal, blizal; of uncertain origin