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語源

From Old French tabart (“simple sleeveless overtunic; heavy overmantel”), of unknown origin.

発音

• IPA: /ˈtæbɑː(ɹ)d/, /ˈtæbə(ɹ)d/

名詞

tabard (plural tabards)

1. A silk banner attached to a bugle or trumpet.
2. A sleeveless jerkin or loose overgarment.
   • 1920, Sinclair Lewis, chapter III, in Main Street: The Story of Carol Kennicott, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, →OCLC, page 25:

     The long rows of wheat-shocks marched like soldiers in worn yellow tabards.

   • 2017, Jamie Bartlett, chapter 7, in Radicals, William Heinemann, →ISBN:

     ‘I still cannot believe I actually did that!’ Maureen told me, recalling that time her and the Nanas turned up at former prime minister David Cameron's house in Oxfordshire on a tank Vivienne Westwood lent them, wearing tabards that said ‘The Oven Gloves Are Coming Off’.

   • 2022 January 31, Peter Walker, “Has the Times declared war on cyclists?”, in The Guardian‎:

     This is the point at which someone usually suggests riders wear a numbered, hi-vis tabard.

3. (historical) A sleeveless garment made of coarse cloth formerly worn outdoors by the common people.
4. (historical) A cape or tunic worn by a knight, emblazoned with the coat of arms of his king or queen on the front.
   • 1858, Thomas Bulfinch, chapter II, in The Age of Chivalry‎:

     And thereupon, behold, a knight on a black horse appeared, clothed in jet-black velvet, and with a tabard of black linen about him.

5. (historical) A similar garment officially worn by a herald and emblazoned with his sovereign's coat of arms.
   • 1863, William Makepeace Thackeray, Roundabout Papers:

     The heralds in their tabards were marvellous to behold, and a nod from Rouge Croix gave me the keenest gratification.

   • 1905–1906, Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter XIII, in Sir Nigel, London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], published January 1906, →OCLC:

     Along the narrow winding path between the great oak trees there rode a dark sallow man in a scarlet tabard who blew so loudly upon a silver trumpet that they heard the clanging call long before they set eyes on him.

   • 1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 25:

     She wore a short surcoat of scarlet, cut low around the shoulders, sleeveless, reaching just below her hips, like the tabards worn by medieval heralds. Over it she wore a laced-edged cotta.

派生語

• tabarded

参考

• surcoat
• scapular

アナグラム

• batard