coat of armsn.
Heraldry.figurative.1719 Free-thinker No. 108. 2 The Second Letter..was sealed with a Thimble, the Coat of Arms of a Housewife.1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters II. iv. 57 These are their [sc. Indians'] ‘coats’ of arms, symbolical of the ‘medicine’ of the wearer.† 3. = coat of mail at coat n. 5. Obsolete. rare. [So French cotte d'armes = cotte de maille.]
1. Historical. A coat or vest embroidered with heraldic arms; a tabard. (See armour n. 6, coat-armour n. 1.)
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > heraldic coat or vest
coat-armourc1384
coat of arms1490
paludament1543
chemise1562
tabard1598
midlag1824
society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > body armour > [noun] > coat of mail or corselet > embroidered with heraldic arms
coat-armourc1384
coat of arms1490
society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > [noun] > armorial bearings or coat of arms > tabard
armour?a1425
coat of arms1490
midlag1824
1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxvi. 555 He knewe hym well, for he bare his owne cote of armes.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 497 The priest..cutteth it [misseltoe] off, and they beneath receiue it in a white soldiers cassock or coat of armes.
1647 R. Stapleton in tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 250 A coate of Armes cut in a pretious Sardonix stone.
1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 103 The Councel..caused the Herald in his coat of Armes to wind his Horn thrice.
2. The distinctive heraldic bearings of a gentleman (armiger) originally borne on a ‘coat of arms’ (sense 1); a shield, escutcheon. (See arms n. 5, armour n. 6.)
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > [noun] > armorial bearings or coat of arms
armsc1325
blazonc1325
heraldy1390
coat-armour1393
coatc1400
hatchment1522
coat of arms1562
tokens1562
achievement1572
heraldry1594
coat-arms1623
emblazonment1799
1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory 27 If he come into the combate campe with his sayde wifes cote of armes.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. x. 45 Scutchions, and Coats of Armes hæreditary.
1842 Ld. Tennyson Lady Clara Vere de Vere in Poems (new ed.) I. 156 A simple maiden in her flower Is worth a hundred coats-of-arms.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > body armour > [noun] > coat of mail or corselet
ring netOE
burnec1050
briniec1175
hauberk1297
coatc1300
bryn1330
habergeon1377
jackc1380
doublet of defence (or fence)1418
petticoatc1425
gesteron1469
byrnie1488
coat of fence1490
corset1490
corse1507
sark of mail1515
plate-coat1521
shirt of mail1522
mail-coat1535
corslet1563
costlet1578
pewter coat1584
cataphract1591
pyne doublet1600
sponge1600
coat-armour1603
brace1609
coat of arms1613
frock of mail1671
mail-shirt1816
mail-sark1838
society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > body armour > [noun] > plate-coat or -jacket
coatc1300
acton1328
jackc1380
haquetona1400
jazeranta1400
coat of fence1490
halkrig1516
plate-coat1521
coat-armour1603
coat of arms1613
plate-jackc1720
jacket1916
flak jacket1956
1613 T. Heywood Siluer Age iii. sig. Gv And the Nemean terror naked lyes, Despoyl'd of his inuinced coat of Armes.
1844 L. S. Costello Béarn & Pyrenees: Legendary Tour II. 56 An old gallery, filled with rusty coats of arms.
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