bliaut

Statue of a woman wearing a bliaut.

Meaning

Noun

A unisex overgarment worn in 12th-century Western Europe, featuring voluminous skirts and horizontal puckering or sometimes pleating across a snugly fitted underbust abdomen.

Origin

From French bliaut.

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