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Definition of Surcoats
1. surcoat [n] - See also: surcoat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Surcoats
Literary usage of Surcoats
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Chivalry Or Knighthood and Its Times. by Charles Mills (1825)
"surcoats of the Military Orders ... The Dagger of Mercy ... Story of its Use ...
Value of Enquiries into ancient Armour ...A precise Knowledge unattainable ..."
2. Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the by P. L. Jacob (1876)
"Progress of Dress: Trousers, Hose, Shoes, Coats, surcoats, Capes.—Changes in the
Fashions of Shoes and Hoods.—Livres.—Cloaks and Capes. ..."
3. Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe: From the Iron Period of the Northern by John Hewitt (1860)
"Some have feathers in their casques, others have no such ornament; some wear
surcoats which nearly cover the whole harness, others have a deep skirt only ..."
4. The Antiquary (1873)
"... kneeling at an altar, and opposite to him, in the same attitude, his two wives
in their surcoats of arms likewise, on the first those of Haute, ..."
5. The History of English Secular Embroidery by Margaret Jourdain (1912)
"surcoats of William of Albemarle and the Black Prince.—The Robes of the Knights
of the Garter (temp. Edw. III).—Embroidered bed-hangings. ..."
6. Heraldry as Art: An Account of Its Development and Practice, Chiefly in England by George William Eve (1907)
"... of fair fingers working the devices on battle flags and on knightly surcoats,
render it a subject of the utmost fascination, and although its adequate ..."
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