courtepy

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noun

A short coat of coarse cloth.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

nouncourtepy (plural courtepies)

plural courtepies

  1. historicalA short coat of coarse cloth.
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    1905–06, Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Nigel The old tunic, overtunic and cyclas were too sad and simple for the new fashions, so now strange and brilliant cotehardies, pourpoints, courtepies, paltocks, hanselines and many other wondrous garments, particoloured or diapered, with looped, embroidered or escalloped edges, flamed and glittered round the King.

Origin

  1. Dutchkort“short”
  2. Englishcourtepy

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

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courtepy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/courtepy

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Chicago

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