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cote of heles

, coat + of + heels.
Searchable Lemmata: hele (ME).
Alternate Forms: cote of helyn (ME). Unique.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Garment; robe extending to the heels.(circa 1400 - 1425)
1. Machil: cote of helyn. Gloss. A gloss ultimately derived from 'Mahil, quod est tunica talaris, tota iacinthina, habens ad pedes septuaginta duo tintinnabula totidemque intermixta ac dependentia punica mala' [Isid. Etym. 19,21,4] [MED *Medulla ((Stnh A.1.10) 39a/a:) ante 1425]
c.f.: machil, tunica talaris
ME; Primarily Gloss.
Sex: Male    Status: High    Rank: High    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: Entire Body.

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, the phrase is a loan translation of the Latin description of the Hebrew machil, found in Isidore, described as tunica talaris or a tunic that extends to the ankles.
WF: Compound
Etym Cog:
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