Surcoat

Definition of Surcoat

Sur´coat`
n.1.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.
A long surcoat of pers upon he had..
- Chaucer.
At night, or in the rain,
He dons a surcoat which he doffs at morn.
- Emerson.
2.A name given to the outer garment of either sex at different epochs of the Middle Ages.

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