gardcorps

Definitions

A kind of robe with large, long sleeves.

historical

Examples

“Women also wore the gardcorps combined with the hood as a practical outdoor garment. Women as well as men wore the houppelande (Fig. 221), with the same high collar and exuberant flowing sleeves.”

“Male clothing was worn in layers of a tunic, cote, or cotte with a surcoat over a linen shirt. […] a long sleeveless tunic. When sleeves (and sometimes a hood) were added, the cyclas became a ganache (a cap-sleeved surcoat, usually shown with hood of matching color) or a gardcorps (a long, generous-sleeved travelling robe).”

“Ganaches, Gardcorps, and Mantles Sleeved outer wraps included two major styles in the 1200s : the ganache, whose extended shoulders formed sleeves (Figs. 7-21, 7-24) and the gardcorps, with long, cape-like hanging sleeves ...”

“Ganache and Gardcorps Ganaches, also spelled garnaches, and gardcorps were overcoats worn by men of all social classes during the Middle Ages (c. 500 - c. 1500).”

“She now untangled the sleeve of the rough gardcorps as she grabbed at the stirrup to pull⟳ herself up from the ground. She threw her arm across the horse's back to support⟳ her weight and give⟳ the blood a chance to return⟳ some feeling to ...”

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