bliaut

English

Statue of a woman wearing a bliaut.

Alternative forms

• bliaud

Etymology

From French bliaut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbliːˌoʊ/

Noun

bliaut (plural bliauts)

1. (historical) A unisex overgarment worn in 12th-century Western Europe, featuring voluminous skirts and horizontal puckering or sometimes pleating across a snugly fitted underbust abdomen.

See also

• bliaut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• tabuli

French

Alternative forms

• blaude, bliaud

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French bliaut, from Old French bliaut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bli.jo/

Noun

bliaut m (plural bliauts)

1. bliaut

Descendants

• → English: bliaut

Further reading

• “bliaut”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• blutai

Old French

Alternative forms

• blialt, bliaud, bliant, bliaunt

Etymology

From Frankish *blīwafalþ, from *blīu (“colour, hue, blee”) +‎ *falþan (“to fold”). Cognate with Old Occitan blial.

Noun

bliaut oblique singular, m (oblique plural bliauz or bliautz, nominative singular bliauz or bliautz, nominative plural bliaut)

1. bliaut

Descendants

• Middle French: bliaut
  • French: bliaut, blaude, bliaud
    • → English: bliaut
• → Middle English: bleaunt, blehand, blihand
  • English: bleaunt
• → Middle High German: blīant, blīalt
• → Medieval Latin: blialdus
• → Galician: brial