tabard

Example Sentences

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He has also donned the red tabard worn by Big Issue vendors to sell the magazines in the capital.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2023

The image of England's patron saint is the most substantial remaining wall painting in the castle and shows the figure of a kneeling knight wearing a tabard with the Hungerford arms alongside.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2021

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

The last time anyone “donned” anything it was Prince Valiant, with a tabard, in a 1940s Hal Foster newspaper comic strip.

From The Guardian • May 26, 2019

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