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

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Etymology

Origin of cyclas

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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

cyclas cyclades

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

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

He is clad in plate armor, and wears the cyclas, a curious garment cut much shorter in front than behind; "beneath it, the gambeson; then the coat of mail; and lastly the haqueton."

From The Children of Westminster Abbey Studies in English History by Rose Georgina Kingsley

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

He is shown wearing the curious surcoat then in fashion, known as a cyclas, which, in front, reached only to the waist, and, behind, to the knees.

From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Edward Conybeare

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

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