Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A garment worn by both sexes throughout the fourteenth century. That of the men corresponded nearly to the cassock; that of the women was generally cut somewhat low in the neck, fitting the body closely above the waist, but very full and long in the skirt. The sleeves varied greatly in fashion; those worn by the women were at first close-fitting and buttoned; but toward 1380 the sleeves of the cote-hardie for either sex were loose and long.
Examples
“His pointed shoes were satin, his cote-hardie of gold-broidered velvet.”
“He flung back his crimson robe as if he felt the heat, and stood forth, lithe as a wrestler, in his close-fitting cote-hardie and hose of violet silk.”
“The lusty knight, on the other hand, was clad in the very latest mode, with cote-hardie, doublet, pourpoint, courtpie, and paltock of olive-green, picked out with pink and jagged at the edges.”
“His cote-hardie, or tunic, and trunk-hosen were of a purple plum color, with long weepers which hung from either sleeve to below his knees.”
“Beneath its shade there sat a stout and elderly lady in a pink cote-hardie, leaning back among a pile of cushions, and plucking out her eyebrows with a small pair of silver tweezers.”
“The lusty knight, on the other hand, was clad in the very latest mode, with cote-hardie, doublet, pourpoint, court-pie, and paltock of olive-green, picked out with pink and jagged at the edges.”
“Nay," she said, "seest thou not how I walk lightly clad, whereas I have left behind my mantle and cote-hardie?”
“She was so clad, that she had on a green gown with broidered sleeves, and thereover a white cote-hardie welted with gold, and gold-embroidered; on her feet were gold shoon of window-work, pearled and gemmed; and on her head a rose garland; on her neck she bore the Golden Knight's collar; her loins were girt with the Black Squire's girdle; and on her wrist was the”
“Margery, in her black dress, and with a warm hood over her cote-hardie, was assisted by her father to mount her pillion, Richard”
“The first thing she did was to take off her petticoat and cote-hardie, and to put on a loose dressing-gown of grey serge.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘cote-hardie’.
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Historical Costume Box
This is just sort of my "unsorted pit" of costumes to be organized later. It's a really broad topic, so right now, anything goes! Thanks for the contributions!
baldric, bliaut, coif, cote-hardie, farthingale, houppelande, partlet, tabard, kirtle, wimple, buskin, greatcoat and 33 more...
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Baby, It's Cold Outside!
Do as your mom says and put on a jacket.
frock coat, doublet, reefer, cutaway, morning coat, tailcoat, dinner jacket, smoking jacket, juste-au-corps, jerkin, basque, spencer and 134 more...
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rememberers
prolix, ageusia, animadversion, anodyne, antic, arabesque, beadle, brachymetropia, colophon, desquamation, diaphoresis, diegesis and 3255 more...
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A Jester's Bag of Tricks
Word bank of jester clothing and accessories. Includes types of feathers that might be featured, instruments they may carry, patterns of cloth, as well as some other words for "jester" or "clown" a...
harlequin, bauble, coxcomb, parti-colored, tregetour, marotte, bomolochus, balatro, cartwheel ruff, pantaloons, hose, cote-hardie and 24 more...
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jinglebelljosie close-fitting, medieval outer garment with long sleeves, usually hip-length for men and full length for women.
Aug 15, 2008