bavaroy

English

Alternative forms

• bavary, beveroy

Etymology

Borrowed from French bavarois (“Bavarian”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbævəɹɔɪ/

Noun

bavaroy (plural bavaroys)

1. (obsolete) A kind of cloak or surtout.
   • [1716], [John] Gay, “Book I. Of the Implements for Walking the Streets, and Signs of the Weather”, in Trivia: Or, The Art of Walking the Streets of London, London: […] Bernard Lintott, […], →OCLC, page 4:

     Let the loop'd Bavaroy the Fop embrace, / Or his deep Cloak be ſpatter'd with Lace.