Associations to the word «Surcoat»

Wiktionary

SURCOAT, noun. A loose garment without sleeves worn over a suit of armor, sometimes colored or embroidered with the wearer's coat of arms

Dictionary definition

SURCOAT, noun. A loose outer coat usually of rich material.
SURCOAT, noun. A tunic worn over a knight's armor.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne