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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 322 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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TABARD , a See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short coat, either sleeveless, or with short sleeves or See also:

SHOULDER (in O.E. sculder, cognate with Ger. Schulter, Dutch schouder, Swed. skuldra, &c; the root is unknown)

shoulder pieces, emblazoned on the front and back with the arms of the See also:

SOVEREIGN

sovereign, and worn, as their distinctive garment, by heralds and pursuivants. A similar garment with short sleeves or without sleeves was worn in the See also:

MIDDLE

middle agesby knights over their See also:

ARMOUR, PHILIP DANFORTH (1832-1901)

armour, and was also emblazoned with their arms or worn See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain. The name was also given in earlier days to a much humbler similar garment of rough See also:

FRIEZE

frieze worn by peasants; the ploughman wears a " tabard " in the See also:

PROLOGUE (from Gr. 7rpo, before, and Myer, a word)

Prologue to the See also:

Canterbury Tales. Similarly at See also:

Queen's See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

Oxford, the scholars on the See also:

FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation were called " tabarders," from the tabard, obviously not an emblazoned garment, which they wore. The word itself appears in Fr. tabard or tabart, &c., Ital. tabarro, Ger. taphart, Med. See also:

Lat. labbardus, tabardium, &c. It is of doubtful origin, but has usually been connected with " tippet," " See also:

TAPESTRY

tapestry," from Lat. tapete, hangings, painted cloths; Gr. rhirT/c, See also:

CARPET

carpet.

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