(a) A tunic or kirtle (worn by men or women, either alone or under a mantle or other overgarment); also, a kind of surcoat or cote-hardie; (b) ~ hardie, a close-fitting surcoat worn over the doublet or kirtle; ~ tabard, a tabard; cope ~, a tunic, robe; tiing ~, a laced surcoat or tunic; Duch ~, ?a kind of cote-hardie; ~ cloth, a length of cloth for making a tunic or surcoat.

(a) A garment embroidered or painted with armorial bearings (often worn over the armor); also, armorial bearings, coat of arms [last quot.]; ~ of armes, an overgarment with heraldic arms; (b) cote armes, cote darmes, a person entitled to bear heraldic arms.

(a) An outer covering; the coat or pelt of an animal, plumage of a bird, bark of a tree; in on ~, under one cover, in the same body; (b) anat. an external membrane, enveloping layer.