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Definition of Surcoat
1. Noun. A loose outer coat usually of rich material.
2. Noun. A tunic worn over a knight's armor.
Definition of Surcoat
1. n. A coat worn over the other garments; especially, the long and flowing garment of knights, worn over the armor, and frequently emblazoned with the arms of the wearer.
Definition of Surcoat
1. Noun. A loose garment without sleeves worn over a suit of armor, sometimes colored or embroidered with the wearer's coat of arms ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Surcoat
1. an outer coat or cloak [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Surcoat
Literary usage of Surcoat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe: From the Iron Period of the Northern by John Hewitt (1860)
"Among the armour of Louis X. is a quilted surcoat of white cendal:—" Item, ...
Cloth-of- gold, as the material of a surcoat, occurs in the Accounts of ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"188 of Perkins's The Coronation Book, 1902, where the surcoat also appears to
... They consisted of a long gown or surcoat with girdle, a mantle lined with ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"iSS of Perkins's The Coronation Book, 1902, where the surcoat also appears to
... They consisted of a long gown or surcoat with girdle, a mantle lined with ..."
4. A Manual of Costume as Illustrated by Monumental Brasses by Herbert Druitt (1906)
"These, with the exception of the Croft brass, belong to the reign of Edward
I., and from a prominent characteristic, have been classed as the surcoat Period ..."
5. The Scottish Nation: Or, The Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and by William Anderson (1877)
"The surcoat also first worn in England by King John, is thrown over his armour,
another proof, as Tytler remarks of the Seal of Alexander III. in the ninth ..."
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