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# surcoat

noun (surcoats); old use

«surcoat» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A surcoat was a loose coat or tunic worn over a knight's armour in old times. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surcoat/#m1)

### In the lessons

in fairy tales a knight puts on his surcoat before riding away

### Examples

- Paperarello fastened the ear inside his surcoat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surcoat/#x1)
- The knight pulled his surcoat over his armour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surcoat/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «surcoat» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surcoat/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«surcoat» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/surcoat.html) on Mova free.