Searchable Lemmata: caracalla (L), caracalle (AF).
Alternate Forms: caregalla, corocalla.
1a(n.)
Garment;
type of cloak (cf. ME calle, AF calle); a great-coat (AF usage), cf. sense 1b.(circa 650 - 1350)
1. Cautes procul electro rutilant, saxa licinio, cliui quinquin corruscant ligirio, insigne colorio croceo, flauo -que pyritro et radiante iacin[c]to, ametisto et sardino nec non et carbunculo; cymbia onix et uaria nitet caregalla caeruleis -que lampadibus arenosa pergola, cytimum nitrum, lomentum quippe commodum.
Other, Philosophy.
[NCLCL VGLS:C647 (55) circa 650/725]
2. nunc peplo intemperiem aëris excipiat, nunc corolla, nunc *corocalla [gl.: kalle] ... nunc crinali [gl: bende] vel reticulo libertatem comarum [nimphula] refrenet ... acus ... parvas et subtiles ad opus anaglafarium [gl.: tripharye] ... non autem limata. se aspergines, Sparta et sirmata ...
... que [nimphula] ... tecam habeat corigialem [gl.: de quir] acus insidias obviantem, que vulgariter pollicem dicitur
... forficem habet et filarium [v. l. philarium, gl.: philere, filer], non dico filatorium [v. l. philaterium, gl.: boyste, filet], quod ad ecclesiam pertinet, et golomos fili extricet
Gloss.
[DMLBS NECKAM (Ut. 101a) ante 1217]
3. [146.8] ... une manere de vesture dont il fist sa liveré ... [146.9] ... et puis aprés furent les caracalles appellez les robes Antonines
[AND TRIV (146.8-146.9) circa 1334]
Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: Back, Chest, Shoulder(s).
1b(n.)
Garment;
cloak of St. Amphibalus (cf. amphibalus).(ante 700 - 1350)
1. uemdam panniculum villosum, qui G. villuse dicitur, ... abbas Alfricus cum ... ossibus involutis in ipso fecit transportari, asserens ... ipsum B. Amphibali, B. Albani magistri, fuisse caracallam
Historic.
[DMLBS G.S. Alb. (I 35)]
Sex: Male Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: Back, Chest, Shoulder(s).
Definite, Late Latin; according to Classical authors a borrowing from Gaulish, though no definite etymology within that language has been proposed.
WF:
Etym Cog: calle, kelle, caul.
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