Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as parament. Chaucer.
  • noun [OF.] A long and flowing form of the military surcoat.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete See parament.

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Examples

  • Another invaluable source on how a noble lady got ready to face the world is the poem by Olivier de la Marche (who died in 1501), "Le parement et le triomphe des dames d'honneur" (The adornment and triumph of courtly ladies).

    Medieval costume brought to life 2007

  • Another invaluable source on how a noble lady got ready to face the world is the poem by Olivier de la Marche (who died in 1501), "Le parement et le triomphe des dames d'honneur" (The adornment and triumph of courtly ladies).

    Archive 2007-05-01 2007

  • He rode himself within a spear's-length of his standard, clad from neck to foot in steel, but draped in the long linen gown or parement which was destined to be the cause of his death.

    The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

  • He rode himself within a spear's-length of his standard, clad from neck to foot in steel, but draped in the long linen gown or parement which was destined to be the cause of his death.

    The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

  • He rode himself within a spear's-length of his standard, clad from neck to foot in steel, but draped in the long linen gown or parement which was destined to be the cause of his death.

    The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

  • He rode himself within a spear's-length of his standard, clad from neck to foot in steel, but draped in the long linen gown or parement which was destined to be the cause of his death.

    The White Company Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

  • He rode himself within a spear's-length of his standard, clad from neck to foot in steel, but draped in the long linen gown or parement which was destined to be the cause of his death.

    The White Company 1890

  • "A platform had been erected at Saint-Lazare, on which was a throne (du Tillet calls it a/chair de parement/).

    Catherine De Medici Honor�� de Balzac 1824

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