tabard
English
Etymology
From Old French tabart (“simple sleeveless overtunic; heavy overmantel”), of unknown origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtæbɑː(ɹ)d/
Noun
tabard (plural tabards)
- A silk banner attached to a bugle or trumpet.
- A sleeveless jerkin or loose overgarment.
- 1920, Sinclair Lewis, chapter III, in Main Street: The Story of Carol Kennicott, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, →OCLC, page 25:
- The long rows of wheat-shocks marched like soldiers in worn yellow tabards.
- 2017, Jamie Bartlett, chapter 7, in Radicals, William Heinemann, →ISBN:
- ‘I still cannot believe I actually did that!’ Maureen told me, recalling that time her and the Nanas turned up at former prime minister David Cameron's house in Oxfordshire on a tank Vivienne Westwood lent them, wearing tabards that said ‘The Oven Gloves Are Coming Off’.
- (historical) A sleeveless garment made of coarse cloth formerly worn outdoors by the common people.
- (historical) A cape or tunic worn by a knight, emblazoned with the coat of arms of his king or queen on the front.
- 1858, Thomas Bulfinch, chapter II, in The Age of Chivalry:
- And thereupon, behold, a knight on a black horse appeared, clothed in jet-black velvet, and with a tabard of black linen about him.
- (historical) A similar garment officially worn by a herald and emblazoned with his sovereign's coat of arms.
- 1863, William Makepeace Thackeray, Roundabout Papers:
- The heralds in their tabards were marvellous to behold, and a nod from Rouge Croix gave me the keenest gratification.
- 1905–1906, Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter XIII, in Sir Nigel, London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], published January 1906, →OCLC:
- Along the narrow winding path between the great oak trees there rode a dark sallow man in a scarlet tabard who blew so loudly upon a silver trumpet that they heard the clanging call long before they set eyes on him.
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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French tabart (“simple sleeveless overtunic; heavy overmantel”), of unknown origin.
Pronunciation
Further reading
- “tabard” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French tabart (“simple sleeveless overtunic; heavy overmantel”), of unknown origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ta.baʁ/
Further reading
- “tabard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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