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prettygoodwordcotte - n., a long-sleeved tunic or gown, worn girdled, worn in medieval times as an outer garment.
Worn by men and women, in different styles, over a shirt. And of course it changed styles with the generations. From Old French, from an uncertain Germanic root. By the sixteenth century (or so) the garment evolved into a women's undergarment, while the word evolved into the modern coat.
So, no, not a house.
---L.
Worn by men and women, in different styles, over a shirt. And of course it changed styles with the generations. From Old French, from an uncertain Germanic root. By the sixteenth century (or so) the garment evolved into a women's undergarment, while the word evolved into the modern coat.
So, no, not a house.
---L.
