overrobe

overrobe

English

Etymology

over +‎ robe

Noun

overrobe (plural overrobes)

1. A robe designed to be worn over other clothing, particularly another robe.
   • 2005, Hilari Bell, Fall of a Kingdom, Simon Pulse (2003), →ISBN, pages 8-9:

     The late-afternoon sun lit the expensive, brocaded silk of her overrobe and the almost equally expensive, fine-woven linen underrobe beneath it.

   • 2006, Kate Elliott, Spirit Gate, Tor (2007), →ISBN, page 510:

     He wore a magnificent overrobe of iridescent green silk, embroidered with orange feathers and gold starbursts along the hem and sleeves and neckline.

   • 2010, William C. Dietz, Halo: The Flood, Tor (2010), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

     He wore a red overrobe, a gold underrobe, and somewhere, hidden beneath all the fabric, an antigrav belt which served to keep his body suspended one full unit off the deck.

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