- A
surcoat or
surcote is an
outer garment that was
commonly worn in the
Middle Ages by soldiers. It was worn over
armor to show
insignia and help identify...
- must
recite the Lord's
Prayer at the same hours. The
knights wore a
white surcoat with a red cross, and a
white mantle also with a red cross; the sergeants...
- coat of arms is a
heraldic visual design on an
escutcheon (i.e., shield),
surcoat, or
tabard (the
latter two
being outer garments). The coat of arms on an...
- cuir****,
began to be worn
without any
surcoat; but in the
concluding quarter of the
century the
short surcoat, with full
short sleeves,
known as a "tabard"...
-
Middle Ages
characterized by full-body
steel plate without a
surcoat.
Around 1420 the
surcoat, or "coat of arms" as it was
known in England,
began to disappear...
-
heraldic colour. Men wore a tunic, cote, or
cotte with a
surcoat over a
linen shirt. One of
these surcoats was the cyclas,
which began as a
rectangular piece...
-
early 1652,
surcoats with
insignia badges started to be worn to
indicate the wearer's rank. They were also
wearing three-quarter
length surcoats,
called duanzhao...
-
appendages such as
lance rests or plumeholders, or
clothing such as
tabards or
surcoats,
which were
often worn over a harness.
There are a
variety of alternative...
-
which acted as a slip, and
under the
formal outer garment, a gown or
surcoat.[citation needed]
Kirtles were part of
fashionable attire into the middle...
- the
sides began to be sewn together,
creating a
sleeveless overgown or
surcoat. 1300–1400 in
European fashion Payne, Blanche:
History of
Costume from...
