tabard

About 0.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A silk banner attached to a bugle or trumpet.
2. noun A sleeveless jerkin or loose overgarment.
3. noun A sleeveless garment made of coarse cloth formerly worn outdoors by the common people.
4. noun A cape or tunic worn by a knight, emblazoned with the coat of arms of his king or queen on the front.
5. noun A similar garment officially worn by a herald and emblazoned with his sovereign's coat of arms.

Similar words

taberd banderole bannerall banner tabarder banneret bannerette bugle tabret bannerol

Often followed by

inn and of street in was with as over

Word family

tabards