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View synonyms for surcoat

surcoat

[ sur-koht ]

noun

  1. a garment worn over medieval armor, often embroidered with heraldic arms.
  2. an outer coat or other outer garment.


surcoat

/ ˈsɜːˌkəʊt /

noun

  1. a tunic, often embroidered with heraldic arms, worn by a knight over his armour during the Middle Ages
  2. an outer coat or other garment
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of surcoat1

1300–50; Middle English surcote < Middle French. See sur- 1, coat
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Example Sentences

But she was so engrossed by her surcoat that, for the moment, she did not ask herself the meaning of such indifference.

A knight in mailed armor and surcoat has met the fair, tall woman he (secretly) loves, on a turret stair.

Then came the Knight Marshal on a caparisoned steed, himself in a suit of gilt armour, and in a richly embroidered surcoat.

The surcoat of the Black Prince, of embroidered velvet, still hangs above his monument, on which it is exactly reproduced.

The heat and the gentle wind soon dried her armour of spines and surcoat of leaves.

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