bliaut

== English == === Alternative forms === bliaud bliaus === Etymology === From French bliaut. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbliːˌoʊ/ === Noun === bliaut (plural bliauts) (historical) A unisex overgarment worn in 12th-century Western Europe, featuring voluminous skirts and horizontal puckering or sometimes pleating across a snugly fitted underbust abdomen. === See also === bliaut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === tabuli == French == === Alternative forms === blaude, bliaud === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French bliaut, from Old French bliaut. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bli.jo/ === Noun === bliaut m (plural bliauts) (historical) a bliaut; an overgarment worn by men & women in the Middle Ages ==== Descendants ==== → English: bliaut === Further reading === “bliaut”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === blutai == Old French == === Alternative forms === blialt, bliaud, bliant, bliaunt === Etymology === From Frankish *blīwafalþ, from *blīu (“colour, hue, blee”) +‎ *falþan (“to fold”). Cognate with Old Occitan blial. === Noun === bliaut oblique singular, m (oblique plural bliauz or bliautz, nominative singular bliauz or bliautz, nominative plural bliaut) bliaut ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: bliaut French: bliaut, blaude, bliaud→ English: bliaut → Middle English: bleaunt, blehand, blihand English: bleaunt → Middle High German: blīant, blīalt → Medieval Latin: blialdus → Galician: brial