overgarment
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of overgarment
late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; see origin at over-, garment
Example Sentences
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Shrewd, he covered the white death robe with a dark overgarment and lay in wait for Prince Regent Hirohito near the Regent's Palace.
From Time Magazine Archive
The fifteenth century shows another style, a long sleeveless overgarment, reaching to the floor, fastened on shoulders and swinging loose, to show at sides the undergown.
From Woman as Decoration by Burbank, Emily
Mrs. Lathrop took a fresh wind-about of her overgarment, and prepared to hold her tongue more tightly than ever.
From Susan Clegg and a Man in the House by Stephens, Alice Barber
Eluding the authorities he reached the huge Liverpool terminus by night to find a faithful friend waiting on the platform for him with the sorely needed overgarment.
From A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell by Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, Sir
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