outer+garment
51Mess dress — Three Canadian officers in shawl or rolled collar jacket and waistcoat style mess dress or mess kit. Miniature medals and other accoutrements are also worn. Mess dress is the military term for the formal evening dress worn in the mess or at other …
52Dress — 1) Materials used. The earliest and simplest an apron of fig leaves sewed together (Gen. 3:7); then skins of animals (3:21). Elijah s dress was probably the skin of a sheep (2 Kings 1:8). The Hebrews were early acquainted with the art of… …
53robe — n. & v. n. 1 a long loose outer garment. 2 esp. US a dressing gown. 3 a baby s outer garment esp. at a christening. 4 (often in pl.) a long outer garment worn as an indication of the wearer s rank, office, profession, etc.; a gown or vestment. 5… …
54dalmatic — /dal mat ik/, n. 1. Eccles. a vestment worn over the alb by the deacon, as at the celebration of the Mass, and worn by bishops on some occasions, as at a coronation. 2. a similar vestment worn by a sovereign of England at his or her coronation.… …
55trousers — trouserless, adj. /trow zeuhrz/, n. (used with a pl. v.) 1. Sometimes, trouser. Also called pants. a usually loose fitting outer garment for the lower part of the body, having individual leg portions that reach typically to the ankle but… …
56Holy Coat — • The possession of the seamless garment of Christ, for which the soldiers cast lots at the Crucifixion, is claimed by the cathedral of Trier and by the parish church of Argenteuil Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Holy Coat …
57Cassock — Cas sock, n. [F. casaque, fr. It. casacca, perh. fr. L. casa cottage, in It., house; or of Slavic origin.] [1913 Webster] 1. A long outer garment formerly worn by men and women, as well as by soldiers as part of their uniform. [1913 Webster] 2.… …
58Cloak — For other uses, see Cloak (disambiguation). Evening cloak or manteau, from Costume Parisien, 1823 …
59Cape — A cape is a type of clothing, and can be used to describe any sleeveless outer garment, such as a poncho, but usually it is a long garment that covers only the back half of the wearer, fastening about the neck. They were common in medieval Europe …
60Gown — A gown (medieval Latin gunna ) is a (usually) loose outer garment from knee to full length worn by men and women in Europe from the early Middle Ages to the seventeenth century (and continuing today in certain professions); later, gown was… …
