cyclas
Americannoun
plural
cyclades-
a tunic or surcoat, longer in back than in front, worn over armor in the Middle Ages.
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a similar, full-length garment worn by women.
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a round robe with an elaborately ornamented border, worn by women in ancient Rome.
Etymology
Origin of cyclas
1825–35; < Medieval Latin, Latin < Greek kyklás, noun use of kyklás encircling, akin to kýklos cycle
Example Sentences
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Ciclatoun: A rich Oriental stuff of silk and gold, of which was made the circular robe of state called a "ciclaton," from the Latin, "cyclas."
From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing
A slender, vine-work design, embroidered in gold, bordered the cyclas, and it was in arranging so that the course of this would form harmonious lines, wherein the skill and difficulty of the task mainly lay.
From The Lion's Brood by Osborne, Duffield
So close was it that the point ripped a gash in the jutting edge of his linen cyclas.
From The White Company by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
He is clad in plate armor, and wears the cyclas, a curious garment cut much shorter in front than behind; "beneath it, the gambeson; then the coat of mail; and lastly the haqueton."
From The Children of Westminster Abbey Studies in English History by Kingsley, Rose Georgina
Hosen, shirts, cyclas, and under-jupons are in the brown basket on the left side of the mule.
From The White Company by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
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