Etymology

courtepy

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Today it means: A short coat of coarse cloth. Full definition →

Dutch kort
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  1. Dutch · derived fromkort“short”
  2. English todaycourtepy

From Middle English, from Dutch kort (“short”) + pije (“a coarse cloth”).

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