Chapter 6: The Late Middle Ages

Pregunta	Respuesta
point	lace used to hold up the hose
pourpoint	meant to hold point
Hardie	Hardened fabric
chaperon	lil caplet with hood
Lappet	sleeve extension
Dagging	Decorative Hem
plastron/ placard	similar to a bib
ermine	used exclusively on ruling families clothing
codpiece	pouch that held your junk
Huke	shaped like an hourglass and gave the wearer many different wearing options
Roc	loose gown
hennin	Burgundian women adopted a tall exaggerated steeple-shaped headdress style
livraison	to distribute
mi-parti/ parti-colored	decorated with the heraldic devices or special motifs and symbols associated with the noble or his family
woad	natural blue dye
pour les points	for the points
set-in sleeves	sew-in sleeves
houppelande a mi-jambe	a mid-calf version of the original
houce/ housse	a wide-skirt overcoat with winged cape sleeves and two flat, tongue-shaped lapels at the neck
gown	fitting smoothly through the body with tight-fitting, long sleeves
bezants	jewel-like ornaments stamped from gold
lettice	ermine and fur resembling ermine
conys	small burrowing rodents
fret	a narrower fillet was worn over a net or as nets
pattens	raised wooden platforms that fatstened over the shoe with a strap for protection during the bad weather
rovers	lapels that turned back to show the underside
cauls	cape like netting that covered the head and extended at the sides to cover and support two coils of hair at each side of the face
coat of plates	cloth or leather garment lined with metal plates

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