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courtepy

courtepy noun: a short coat of coarse cloth.

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

Forms of courtepy

pluralcourtepies

Origin of courtepy

From Middle English, from Dutch kort (“short”) + pije (“a coarse cloth”).

Questions about courtepy

What does courtepy mean?
Courtepy means a short coat of coarse cloth.
What part of speech is courtepy?
Courtepy is a noun.
What is the plural of courtepy?
The plural of courtepy is courtepies.

Words near courtepy in the dictionary

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

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