tabard

Example Sentences

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The prodigious output of those kitchens contributed to the Prince’s obesity, flatteringly disguised in the embroidered tabard and ermine-lined cape that he wore for his official coronation portrait, executed by Thomas Lawrence, in 1821.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 10, 2020

Last year, English Heritage, custodian of many a tapestry and tabard, claimed numbers of the common clothes moth caught in its properties had doubled in five years.

From BBC • May 20, 2018

Because there is this long vertical tabard down the center front, I felt like it needs to have some type of purpose.

From Slate • Feb. 9, 2018

The man in the crocheted top and hooded tabard outside Skylight Studios in New York’s West Village is mournful.

From The Guardian • Jul. 17, 2015

Ser Flement Brax wore a silver-and-purple tabard and the look of a man who cannot comprehend what he has just heard.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin