- Knight’s coat - knights garment - Loose outer garment - A sort of tunic or mantle formerly worn for protection from
the weather. When worn over the armor it was commonly emblazoned with
the arms of the wearer, and from this the name was given to the garment
adopted for heralds.
- A coat worn over the other garments; especially, the long
and flowing garment of knights, worn over the armor, and frequently
emblazoned with the arms of the wearer. - A name given to the outer garment of either sex at
different epochs of the Middle Ages.