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Birrus

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bir⋅rus

  [bir-uhs]
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–noun, plural bir⋅ri  [bir-ahy] .
a hooded cloak of coarse wool, a common article of apparel in the later Roman Empire.
Also, byrrus.

Origin:
< LL, perh. < Celtic *birros short (> Welsh byrr, MIr berr); for sense cf. shirt
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