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houppelande

houppelande noun: a robe or long tunic that is worn belted or with a fitted bodice often having full long sleeves and lined with fur.

Noun

houppelande (plural houppelandes)

  1. (Middle-Ages, historical) A robe or long tunic that is worn belted or with a fitted bodice often having full long sleeves and lined with fur.

Forms of houppelande

pluralhouppelandes
alternative formhoupelande

Origin of houppelande

Inherited from Middle English hopeland, hopland, houpelond, hoppelande, from Old French houppelande (1281), probably a calque from Old English hōppāda (“upper tunic”).

Questions about houppelande

What does houppelande mean?
Houppelande means a robe or long tunic that is worn belted or with a fitted bodice often having full long sleeves and lined with fur.
What part of speech is houppelande?
Houppelande is a noun.
What is the plural of houppelande?
The plural of houppelande is houppelandes.

Words near houppelande in the dictionary

  1. Houp
  2. houp-la
  3. houp-las
  4. houpelande
  5. houpelandes
  6. houppelande
  7. houppelandes
  8. Houps
  9. Houpt
  10. Houpts
  11. houpulin

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