† semicopen.
Obsolete.
A short cloak.
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mantletc1385
semicopec1405
capiteberne1473
scapulary mantle1548
rokelay1709
cloaket1717
cardinal1745
chlamys1750
cape1759
manteline1807
short-cloak1837
mantilla1848
cloaklet1865
dolmanette1883
capelet1912
c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 264 Of double worstede was his semycope And rounded as a belle out of the presse.
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