NOUN
- a loose outer coat usually of rich material
- a tunic worn over a knight's armor
How To Use surcoat In A Sentence
- He wore the same sort of clothes as she did, complete with the surcoat of silver keys. SABRIEL
- His clothes were not precisely gaud. v, but the republican simplicity of Neuvamerica found them barbaric -- high-collared blouse, baggy blue trousers tucked into soft half boots, surcoat embroidered with twined snakes and flowers, a silver dragon brooch. Do you ever read writing?
- Eventually, between the two of them, Sabriel shrugged on the underdress and surcoat, and submitted to a manicure and vigorous hair-brushing. SABRIEL
- When I met with them they still wore their Bouren surcoats and armor.
- I have seen him sometimes in summer, when to hear his people's suits, he would come into the gardens of Paris, clad in a camel's-hair coat, with a sleeveless surcoat of tiretaine, a cloak of black taffety round his neck, his hair well combed and without a quoif, and a white swansdown hat upon his head. The Memoirs of the Lord of Joinville
- I slipped out of the samite robe that was only slightly damp, and pulled on the dark blue dress and surcoat.
- Chaucer,” by H.J. Todd, F.S.A., 1810, shows the anelace hanging from a button on the breast of his surcoat. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter
- A pair of black armored guards, whose surcoats show a panther rampant on a sword, stand before the gates, attentive and ready, with spears held high.
- In between are amazing helmets; ornate sword mountings and fittings; scroll paintings of samurai dressed to kill; and the colorful surcoats they traditionally wore over their armor. NYT > Home Page
- Heraldic devices shifted from the surcoat to the material covering the plates, although armour of the third period was often decorated by etching and painting.