bliaut

English

Statue of a woman wearing a bliaut.

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French bliaut.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbliːˌoʊ/

Noun

bliaut (plural bliauts)

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

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French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French bliaut, from Old French bliaut.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bli.jo/

Noun

bliaut m (plural bliauts)

  1. bliaut

Descendants

  • English: bliaut

Further reading

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Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Frankish *blīwafalþ, from *blīu (colour, hue, blee) + *falþan (to fold). Cognate with Old Occitan blial.

Noun

bliaut oblique singular, m (oblique plural bliauz or bliautz, nominative singular bliauz or bliautz, nominative plural bliaut)

  1. bliaut

Descendants

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