Gardcorps

Quick meaning: Gardcorps is a noun meaning (historical) A kind of robe with large, long sleeves.

Meaning

(historical) A kind of robe with large, long sleeves.

Example Sentences

Ganache and Gardcorps Ganaches, also spelled garnaches, and gardcorps were overcoats worn by men of all social classes during the Middle Ages (c. 500 - c. 1500).

Women also wore the gardcorps combined with the hood as a practical outdoor garment. Women as well as men wore the houppelande (Fig. 221), with the same high collar and exuberant flowing sleeves.

Ganaches, Gardcorps, and Mantles Sleeved outer wraps included two major styles in the 1200s : the ganache, whose extended shoulders formed sleeves (Figs. 7-21, 7-24) and the gardcorps, with long, cape-like hanging sleeves .

She now untangled the sleeve of the rough gardcorps as she grabbed at the stirrup to pull herself up from the ground. She threw her arm across the horse's back to support her weight and give the blood a chance to return some feeling to .

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