cyclas

American  

[sik-luhs] / ˈsɪk ləs /

noun

• cyclades
  plural

1. a tunic or surcoat, longer in back than in front, worn over armor in the Middle Ages.

2. a similar, full-length garment worn by women.

3. a round robe with an elaborately ornamented border, worn by women in ancient Rome.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• cyclades
  plural

Etymology

Origin of cyclas

1825–35; < Medieval Latin, Latin < Greek kyklás, noun use of kyklás encircling, akin to kýklos cycle

Example Sentences

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cyclas cyclades

One of these latter was assigned to Marcia's aid, but a few touches to her hair and a slight readjustment of the cyclas were all that was needed.

From The Lion's Brood by Duffield Osborne

A slender, vine-work design, embroidered in gold, bordered the cyclas, and it was in arranging so that the course of this would form harmonious lines, wherein the skill and difficulty of the task mainly lay.

From The Lion's Brood by Duffield Osborne

So close was it that the point ripped a gash in the jutting edge of his linen cyclas.

From The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Hosen, shirts, cyclas, and under-jupons are in the brown basket on the left side of the mule.

From The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Ciclatoun: A rich Oriental stuff of silk and gold, of which was made the circular robe of state called a "ciclaton," from the Latin, "cyclas."

From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by D. Laing Purves

And he was about to take wing for sea-side resorts, and the soft cyclades of the Channel, beloved by Victor Hugo.

From My Life as an Author by Martin Farquhar Tupper