Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cotehardie

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cote-hardie
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mid to late 14th century unisex garment tailored to fit the torso and arms, usually with a row of buttons down the front as well as down each fitted sleeve from the elbow to the wrist. Women's coathardies trailed on the floor, but those for men could be cut very short.

Example Sentences

"1905-06, Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Nigel The old tunic, overtunic and cyclas were too sad and simple for the new fashions, so now strange and brilliant cotehardies, pourpoints, courtepies, paltocks, hanselines and many other wondrous garments, particoloured or diapered, with looped, embroidered or escalloped edges, flamed and glittered round the King."

Etymology

From Old French cote-hardie, from cote (“coat”) + hardie (“hardy”).

Inflected Forms

cotehardies (plural) coat-hardy (alternative)

Questions

What does cotehardie mean?: A mid to late 14th century unisex garment tailored to fit the torso and arms, usually with a row of buttons down the front as well as down each fitted sleeve from the elbow to the wrist. Women's coathardies trailed on the floor, but those for men could be cut very short.
Where does cotehardie come from?: From Old French cote-hardie, from cote (“coat”) + hardie (“hardy”).

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