Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Cote-hardi

A tight-fitting tunic buttoned down the front.

“He was clothed in a cote-hardi upon the gyse of Almayne [Germany].” —Geoffroi de la Tour: Landry.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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