Meaning & use
Cotehardie
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A close-fitting outer garment worn by men and women in medieval Europe, typically buttoned down the front and cut low.
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The museum displayed a reconstructed cotehardie from the fourteenth century.
Actors in the historical drama wore cotehardies accurate to the period.
A note on using this word
Also spelled "cote-hardie," the garment was fashionable across Europe from the 14th to 15th centuries and marked an early shift toward fitted clothing.
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