liripipe

[ lir-ee-pahyp ]

/ ˈlɪr iˌpaɪp /

noun

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

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.

Nearby words

Origin of liripipe

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

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Examples from the Web for liripipe

There was the twist round the head, the cockscomb, the hanging piece of liripipe.
English Costume|Dion Clayton Calthrop
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
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

The simple folk wore a hood of linen, with a liripipe and wide ear-flaps.
English Costume|Dion Clayton Calthrop

British Dictionary definitions for liripipe

liripipe

liripoop (ˈlɪrɪˌpuːp)

/ (ˈlɪrɪˌpaɪp) /

noun

the tip of a graduate's hood

Word Origin for liripipe

C14: Medieval Latin liripipium, origin obscure

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