How do you use Surcoat in a sentence? See 3 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like coat or tunic, plus the exact meaning.
Surcoat in a sentence
Surcoat meaning
- A loose sleeveless garment worn over a suit of armor, sometimes colored or embroidered with the wearer's coat of arms.
- An overgarment worn over a woman's gown; a kind of short robe worn over the tunic at the close of the 11th century.
Using Surcoat
- The main meaning on this page is: A loose sleeveless garment worn over a suit of armor, sometimes colored or embroidered with the wearer's coat of arms. | An overgarment worn over a woman's gown; a kind of short robe worn over the tunic at the close of the 11th century.
- Useful related words include: coat, tunic.
Context around Surcoat
- Average sentence length in these examples: 33 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Surcoat
- In this selection, "surcoat" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 33 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, royal and giving stand out and add context to how "surcoat" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include common the surcoat was phased and his royal surcoat to show. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "surcoat" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with surcoat
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Here the arms of Scotland were formally torn from John's surcoat, giving him the abiding name of "Toom Tabard" (empty coat). (22 words)
These stories follow the legend that, prior to the Scots charge at Flodden, James had ripped off his royal surcoat to show his nobles that he was prepared to fight as an ordinary man at arms. (36 words)
By the mid-fourteenth century it was replaced with the "jupon" (or "gipon"), a much shorter item, often padded for supplementary protection. citation In the 15th century, once suits of plate armour became common, the surcoat was phased out of use. (41 words)
By the mid-fourteenth century it was replaced with the "jupon" (or "gipon"), a much shorter item, often padded for supplementary protection. citation In the 15th century, once suits of plate armour became common, the surcoat was phased out of use. (41 words)
These stories follow the legend that, prior to the Scots charge at Flodden, James had ripped off his royal surcoat to show his nobles that he was prepared to fight as an ordinary man at arms. (36 words)
Here the arms of Scotland were formally torn from John's surcoat, giving him the abiding name of "Toom Tabard" (empty coat). (22 words)
Example sentences (3)
By the mid-fourteenth century it was replaced with the "jupon" (or "gipon"), a much shorter item, often padded for supplementary protection. citation In the 15th century, once suits of plate armour became common, the surcoat was phased out of use.
Here the arms of Scotland were formally torn from John's surcoat, giving him the abiding name of "Toom Tabard" (empty coat).
These stories follow the legend that, prior to the Scots charge at Flodden, James had ripped off his royal surcoat to show his nobles that he was prepared to fight as an ordinary man at arms.