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courtepies

courtepies is the plural of courtepy.

Meaning of courtepy

Noun

courtepy (plural courtepies)

  1. (historical) A short coat of coarse cloth.
    • 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

Questions about courtepies

What is courtepies the plural of?
Courtepies is the plural of courtepy.

Words near courtepies in the dictionary

  1. courteous
  2. courteouslie
  3. courteously
  4. courteousness
  5. courteousnesses
  6. courtepies
  7. courtepy
  8. courter
  9. courters
  10. courtesan
  11. courtesanry

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