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side-coat

, side + coat.
Searchable Lemmata:
Alternate Forms: side coote (ME).

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1a(n.) Garment; a long coat, extending to the heel. The phrase is used for the garment worn by Joseph in Genesis 37.(circa 1400 ?)
1. As he cam to his britheren, thei nakiden hym the side coote to the hele.[work: a1382]. Cf: confestim igitur ut pervenit ad fratres suos, nudaverunt eum tunica talari et polymita. [MED WBible(1) ([Madden] Gn 37,23) ante 1425]
c.f.: tunica talaris, cote of heles
ME; Primarily Biblical/Hagiographic; Drape.
Sex: Male    Status: High    Rank: High    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: Entire Body.

    Etymological Evidence:

Speculative, Possibly a loan translation for the Vulgate Latin 'tunica talaris' (q.v.), a coat extending to the ankle.; but note that OE sid meant 'wide'.
WF: Compound
Etym Cog:
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