Definitions for cotehardie

cotehardie cote·har·die

Spelling: [koht-ahr-dee, -hahr-]
IPA: /ˌkoʊtˈɑr di, -ˈhɑr-/

Cotehardie is a 10 letter English word.

You can make 820 anagrams from letters in cotehardie (acdeehiort).

Definitions for cotehardie

noun

  1. (in the Middle Ages) a close-fitting outer garment with long sleeves, hip-length for men and full-length for women, often laced or buttoned down the front or back.

Origin of cotehardie

1300-50; Middle English Old French: literally, bold coat

Examples for cotehardie

The cotehardie, of a different colour to the surcoat, has tight sleeves with buttons from elbow to little finger.

The cotehardie was generally made of a pied cloth in horizontal or diagonal bars, in silk or other rich fabric.

The belt over the hips of the cotehardie holds the purse, and often a ballade or a rondel.

There is every variety of cotehardie—the long one, coming nearly to the knees; the short one, half-way up the thigh.

In winter such a man as he of the cotehardie would wear an overcoat with an attached hood.

Most men wear the cotehardie, the well-fitting garment buttoned down the front, and ending over the hips.

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