English costume from prehistoric times to the end of the eighteenth century (1910)
Clinch, George, 1860-1921 · Chicago : A. C. McClurg; London, Methuen · leaf 276
rs to have been more thanone meaning, as there was morethan one form, to the term. TheEffigy of Elizabeth Kne- huke at one time signified a cloak vet, 1518 (Eastington, Gloucestershire). She ov mantle worn by women andwears a heraldic mantle afterwards by men ; but subse-quently it was applied to a… … MEDIEVAL AND LATER GARMENTS 159 means of a girdle, which was sometimes ornamented.It was worn by both men and women in the earlierhalf of the fifteenth century. It probably came firstfrom Spain, and was then brought over from France.Good representations of it are found in various monu-mental…
Costume -- Great Britain · England -- Social life and customs
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