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surcoat

/sur-koht/US // ˈsɜrˌkoʊt //UK // (ˈsɜːˌkəʊt) //

大衣,外衣,外套,袈裟

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a garment worn over medieval armor, often embroidered with heraldic arms.
    • : an outer coat or other outer garment.

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Examples

  • But she was so engrossed by her surcoat that, for the moment, she did not ask herself the meaning of such indifference.

  • A knight in mailed armor and surcoat has met the fair, tall woman he (secretly) loves, on a turret stair.

  • Then came the Knight Marshal on a caparisoned steed, himself in a suit of gilt armour, and in a richly embroidered surcoat.

  • The surcoat of the Black Prince, of embroidered velvet, still hangs above his monument, on which it is exactly reproduced.

  • The heat and the gentle wind soon dried her armour of spines and surcoat of leaves.