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Definition of "tabard" [tab•ard]

  • A short, heavy cape of coarse cloth formerly worn outdoors. (noun)
  • A tunic or capelike garment worn by a knight over his armor and emblazoned with his coat of arms. (noun)
  • A similar garment worn by a herald and bearing his lord's coat of arms. (noun)
  • An embroidered pennant attached to a trumpet. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "tabard" in a sentence
  • "Over it the tabard was a bright splash of colour, the striking hippogriff of Marimme's crest picked out in bright scarlet with touches of gold, prancing over a curve of blue-green representing the sea."
  • "I was gonna look up "tabard", but then I decided to look up "modest"."
  • "She wore a simple short-sleeved dress, with a kind of tabard that covered most of it."