Sûr'côat, n.

n. [Prefix sur and coat; O. Fr. surcot, sorcot.]

1. A short coat worn over the other garments; especially, the long and flowing drapery of knights, anterior to the introduction of plate armor, and which was frequently emblazoned with the arms of a family; a tabard. Fairholt.
2. A short robe worn by females, at the close of the eleventh century, over the tunic, and terminating a little below the knee. Fairholt.