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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

tabard a coarse sleeveless jerkin consisting only of front and back pieces with a hole for the head as the outer dress of medieval peasants and clerics, or worn as a surcoat over armour; a herald's official coat emblazoned with the arms of the sovereign.
Tabard Inn in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, the inn in Southwark at which the pilgrims meet before setting out for Canterbury.

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tabard

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

tabard loose upper garment with short sleeves or none. XIII. — OF. tabart; of unkn. orig.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

tabard •multi-layered •beard, weird •greybeard (US graybeard) •bluebeard • Iliad • Olympiad • myriad •period •hamadryad, jeremiad, semi-retired, underwired, undesired, unexpired, uninspired •coward, Howard, underpowered, unpowered •froward •leeward, steward •gourd, Lourdes, self-assured, uncured, uninsured, unobscured, unsecured •scabbard, tabard •halberd • starboard •unremembered • tribade • cupboard •unencumbered, unnumbered •good-natured, ill-natured •Richard • pilchard • pochard • orchard •unstructured • uncultured •standard, sub-standard •unconsidered • unhindered •unordered • Stafford • Bradford •Sandford, Sanford, Stanford •Hartford, Hertford •Bedford, Redford •Telford • Wexford • Chelmsford •Clifford • Pickford • Guildford •Linford • Mitford • Hereford •Longford • Oxford • Watford •Crawford • Salford • Rutherford •haggard, laggard •niggard • unsugared • sluggard •unmeasured • uninjured • tankard •becard • bewhiskered • unconquered •drunkard

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