tabard
/ˈtabəd
/ /ˈtabɑːd/noun
1A sleeveless jerkin consisting only of front and back pieces with a hole for the head: the caretaker with her pale blue nylon tabard on riders wear the same numbered tabard for each event...
- He was wearing boots, blue trousers and a distinctive fluorescent sleeveless tabard.
- We tried wearing colourful tabards and polo shirts but no one wanted to go the full way and move into these ‘child friendly’ outfits.
- He was wearing a dark coloured bobble hat and a dark jacket with a fluorescent yellow sleeveless tabard over the top.
1.1A herald’s official coat emblazoned with the arms of the sovereign.
Origin
Middle English: from Old French tabart, of unknown origin.
Rhymes
- electric potential
- electric power
- electric-powered
- electric puha
- electric quadrupole
- electric range
- electric ray
- electric razor
- electric record
- electric recording
- electric regulator
- electric resistance
- electric shaver
- electric shock
- electric sign
- electric signal
- electric socket
- electric spark
- electric steel
- electric storm
- electric strength
- electric stress
- electric switch
- electric tension
- electric toaster