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

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 Osborne, Duffield

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 Kingsley, Rose Georgina

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 Osborne, Duffield

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

From The White Company by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

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 Conybeare, Edward

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 Tupper, Martin Farquhar