Cotta
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cotta is a noun meaning A surplice, in England and America usually one shorter and less full than the ordinary surplice and with short sleeves, or sometimes none.
Meaning
A surplice, in England and America usually one shorter and less full than the ordinary surplice and with short sleeves, or sometimes none.
More Meanings
- A kind of coarse woolen blanket.
- Alternative form of katha (“unit of area”).
Example Sentences
‘The confidence of the very rich,’ thought Father Carter watching Binkie shaking out albs and cottas and calling rather loudly to the organist.
She wore a short surcoat of scarlet, cut low around the shoulders, sleeveless, reaching just below her hips, like the tabards worn by medieval heralds. Over it she wore a laced-edged cotta.
Word Forms
- cottas
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include terra, surplice, cassock, stola, rochet, supertunic.
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