cotehardie

[koht-ahr-dee, -hahr-]

noun

1. (in the Middle Ages) a close-fitting outer garment with long sleeves, hip-length for men and full-length for women, often laced or buttoned down the front or back.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cotehardie¹

1300–50; Middle English < Old French: literally, bold coat

Example Sentences

Men wore eight indispensable articles of dress, the shirt, breeches, stockings, shoes, coat, surcoat or cotehardie, mantle, and head dress.

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Under the houppelande was the skirt and the cotehardie of thin material, and on the legs hose, pied or powdered, made of silk or cloth cut to the form and sewn.

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The child who was spinning a peg-top in the street was simply dressed in a short-skirted cotehardie.

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The cotehardie, of a different colour to the surcoat, has tight sleeves with buttons from elbow to little finger.

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This new cotehardie was cut in several ways.

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