tabard

[ tab-erd ]

noun

1. a loose outer garment, sleeveless or with short sleeves, especially one worn by a knight over his armor and usually emblazoned with his arms.
2. an official garment of a herald, emblazoned with the arms of his master.
3. a coarse, heavy, short coat, with or without sleeves, formerly worn outdoors.

tabard

/ ˈtæbəd /

noun

1. a sleeveless or short-sleeved jacket, esp one worn by a herald, bearing a coat of arms, or by a knight over his armour

Other Words From

• tabard·ed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of tabard¹

1250–1300; Middle English < Old French tabart

Word History and Origins

Origin of tabard¹

C13: from Old French tabart, of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

And the tabard look was very fashionable lace tabard to go in to a train.

From The Daily Beast

Chaucer's famous circle of story-tellers at the Tabard Inn in Southwark was eminently democratic.

From Project Gutenberg

None, however, could boast such an association as that which throws its halo round the “Tabard.”

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Southwark's Tabard Inn exists to-day, in name if not in spirit, and it was easy enough to take it for our starting-point.

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The tabard was an embroidered surcoat—that is, a surcoat on which was displayed the heraldic device of the owner.

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Obviously, however, a tabard requires other clothing to be worn with it.

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