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.

Words nearby liripipe

lira da braccio, lirella, lirellate, liriodendron, liriope, liripipe, lis pendens, lisa, lisbon, lisburn, lise

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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