a woollen cloak

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• cloak — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ heavy, thick ▪ hooded ▪ black, dark, etc. ▪ ragged, tattered …   Collocations dictionary

• woollen — adj. Woollen/woolen is used with these nouns: ↑blanket, ↑cardigan, ↑cloak, ↑cloth, ↑fabric, ↑garment, ↑glove, ↑hat, ↑jumper, ↑mill, ↑pullover, ↑scarf, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

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• Sagum — A woollen cloak. The word was used first of the Roman military cloak; later, a similar civilian garment. There was a substantial trade of such garments with the Carolingian Empire in the late 8c. [Lat. sagum = cloak] Cf. Say …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

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• Pallium — This article refers to the religious garment called a pallium . For the anatomical structure, see Pallium (anatomy). The Pallium or Pall (derived from the Roman pallium or palla , a woollen cloak) is an ecclesiastical vestment in the Roman… …   Wikipedia

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• Birrus — A birrus or birrus brittanicus was a rainproof, hooded woollen cloak (or simply a hood alone), characteristically worn in Britain and Gaul at the time of the Roman Empire and into the Middle Ages. [William Smith, D.C.L., LL.D.: A Dictionary of… …   Wikipedia