Meaning of gardcorps | Babel Free

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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