surcoat

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All figures and devices are also styled “Charges”; and they are said to be “charged” upon a Shield, Banner, or Surcoat, or upon one another.

From The Handbook to English Heraldry by Utting, R. B.

Surcoat: A long flowing garment worn over the armor, on which was "emblazoned" the coat of arms.

From The Vision of Sir Launfal And Other Poems by James Russell Lowell; Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Julian W. Abernethy, PH.D. by Lowell, James Russell

Surcoat, shield and trapper have the arms of their owner.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various