rochet

Meaning

Noun

• A white vestment, worn by a bishop, similar to a surplice but with narrower sleeves, extending either to below the knee (in the Catholic church) or to the hem of the cassock in the Anglican church.
• A frock or outer garment worn in the 13th and 14th centuries.
• The red gurnard.

Origin

• Middle English roket, rochet, from Anglo-Norman rochet, Middle French rochet, from Frankish (cf. Old English rocc).
• From Middle English roget, from Middle French rouget.