Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. historical, Middle Ages a robe or long tunic that is worn belted or with a fitted bodice often having full long sleeves and lined with fur.
Examples
“If you look through Art History books, you will see shapes very similar to yours in the 15th Century; if you can find copies of the different Books of Hours, you will see ladies in a garment known as a "houppelande," a robe with long sweeping lines, often belted high under the bust, which was certainly designed to cover a wide tummy.”
“Alaire, on the other hand, apparently having to keep some royal face, wore a short, high-neck houppelande with baggy sleeves.”
“Alaire had picked out a short, high-neck houppelande with baggy sleeves for Reykir to wear.”
“Send me a dress like that worn by your burgess's daughters, to wit, a long _houppelande_; and I will take it and even a woman's hood to go and hear mass.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘houppelande’.
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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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euphonic logorrhea
cephalopodous, plumulaceous, oblomovism, etiolation, pavonine, somnolent, logorrhea, fulguration, gossamer, prestidigitation, daffodil, inchoate and 174 more...
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Chained Bear's Favorite Words
peruvian, sparky, poop, etymological, fuck, whatnot, pulchritude, nosh, tetched, quotidian, squalid, trajectory and 388 more...
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He was a verray, parfit gentil knyght
my favourite era
feudal, peasant, vassal, serf, medieval, fief, chivalry, yeoman, joust, primogeniture, wimple, abbey and 56 more...
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jinglebelljosie A flowing, medieval robe or tunic, usually belted, having full trailing sleeves and often trimmed with fur
Aug 15, 2008