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tab⋅ard

  [tab-erd]
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–noun
1. a loose outer garment, sleeveless or with short sleeves, esp. one worn by a knight over his armor and usually emblazoned with his arms.
2. an official garment of a herald, emblazoned with the arms of his master.
3. a coarse, heavy, short coat, with or without sleeves, formerly worn outdoors.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME < OF tabart

Related forms:
tab⋅ard⋅ed, adjective
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tab·ard   (tāb'ərd)   
n.  

  1. A short, heavy cape of coarse cloth formerly worn outdoors.

    1. A tunic or capelike garment worn by a knight over his armor and emblazoned with his coat of arms.

    2. A similar garment worn by a herald and bearing his lord's coat of arms.

  3. An embroidered pennant attached to a trumpet.


[Middle English, from Old French tabart or Old Spanish tabardo.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

tabard 
1253, from early Sp. tabardo and O.Fr. tabart (12c.), of unknown origin. Originally a coarse, sleeveless upper garment worn by peasants, later a knight's surcoat (hence the name of the tavern in "Canterbury Tales").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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