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paltock

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK: /ˈpaltɒk/

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noun

Meaning 1

A type of short doublet or tunic with sleeves, sometimes worn beneath armour.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

Examples

  • 1905-06, Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Nigel The old tunic, overtunic and cyclas were too sad and simple for the new fashions, so now strange and brilliant cotehardies, pourpoints, courtepies, paltocks, hanselines and many other wondrous garments, particoloured or diapered, with looped, embroidered or escalloped edges, flamed and glittered round the King.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Middle English paltok, of uncertain origin; perhaps a contraction of earlier *paletok, from pal (“pall”) + -et + -ok. Compare paletot, pelt (“animal hide”).