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Tabard

noun

(Spelt also taberd)

A short sleeveless outer tunic emblazoned with a coat of arms; worn by a knight over his armor or by a herald.

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"Tabard" Quotes from Famous Books

... approach with imperial eagles hoisted, trailing banners and waving oriental palms. The chryselephantine papal standard rises high, surrounded by pennons of the civic flag. The van of the procession appears headed by John Howard Parnell, city marshal, in a chessboard tabard, the Athlone Poursuivant and Ulster King of Arms. They are followed by the Right Honourable Joseph Hutchinson, lord mayor of Dublin, his lordship the lord mayor of Cork, their worships the mayors ...

— Ulysses • James Joyce

... hill he sat, He had on him his tabard and his hat, His tarbox, his pipe, and his flagat, His name was called Jolly, Jolly Wat! For he was a good herds-boy, Ut hoy! For in his pipe he made so much joy. Can I not sing ...

— Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse • Various

Words linked to "Tabard" : tunic