cotehardie
cotehardie noun: a mid to late 14th century unisex garment tailored to fit the torso and arms, usually with a row of buttons down the front as well as down each fitted sleeve from the elbow to the wrist. Women's coathardies trailed on the floor, but those for men could be cut very short.
Noun
cotehardie (plural cotehardies)
- A mid to late 14th century unisex garment tailored to fit the torso and arms, usually with a row of buttons down the front as well as down each fitted sleeve from the elbow to the wrist. Women's coathardies trailed on the floor, but those for men could be cut very short.
- The old tunic, overtunic and cyclas were too sad and simple for the new fashions, so now strange and brilliant cotehardies, pourpoints, courtepies, paltocks, hanselines and many other wondrous garments, particoloured or diapered, with looped, embroidered or escalloped edges, flamed and glittered...1905-06, Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Nigel
Forms of cotehardie
| plural | cotehardies |
|---|---|
| alternative form | coat-hardy |
Origin of cotehardie
From Old French cote-hardie, from cote (“coat”) + hardie (“hardy”).
Questions about cotehardie
- What does cotehardie mean?
- Cotehardie means a mid to late 14th century unisex garment tailored to fit the torso and arms, usually with a row of buttons down the front as well as down each fitted sleeve from the elbow to the wrist. Women's coathardies trailed on the floor, but those for men could be cut very short.
- What part of speech is cotehardie?
- Cotehardie is a noun.
- What is the plural of cotehardie?
- The plural of cotehardie is cotehardies.
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