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bliaut

bliaut

English

Statue of a woman wearing a bliaut.

Alternative forms

Noun

bliaut ‎(plural bliauts)

  1. A women's overgarment worn in twelfth-century Western Europe, featuring voluminous skirts and horizontal puckering or pleating across a snugly fitted underbust abdomen

See also

French

Etymology

Old French, from Frankish

Noun

bliaut m ‎(plural bliauts)

  1. bliaut

Anagrams

Old French

Etymology

From Frankish

Noun

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

  1. bliaut

Etymology

Old French bliaut, from Frankish *blidat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbliːˌoʊ/

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