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surcoat

noun

Meaning

  1. A loose garment without sleeves worn over a suit of armor, sometimes colored or embroidered with the wearer's coat of arms.
  2. An overgarment worn over a woman's gown; a kind of short robe worn over the tunic at the close of the 11th century.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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