overrobe

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English

Etymology

From over +‎ robe.

Noun

overrobe (plural overrobes)

  1. A robe designed to be worn over other clothing, particularly another robe.
    • 2003, William C. Dietz, Halo: The Flood, Del Rey; republished ‎New York: Tor, 2010, →ISBN:
      He wore a red overrobe, a gold underrobe, and somewhere, hidden beneath all the fabric, an antigrav belt which served to keep his body suspended one full unit off the deck.
    • 2005, Hilari Bell, Fall of a Kingdom, Simon Pulse, published 2003, →ISBN, pages 8–9:
      The late-afternoon sun lit the expensive, brocaded silk of her overrobe and the almost equally expensive, fine-woven linen underrobe beneath it.
    • 2006, Kate Elliott, Spirit Gate, Tor, published 2007, →ISBN, page 510:
      He wore a magnificent overrobe of iridescent green silk, embroidered with orange feathers and gold starbursts along the hem and sleeves and neckline.

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