bliaus

English

Noun

bliaus (plural not attested)

1. Synonym of bliaut
   • 1885, Marion Harry Spielmann, The Magazine of Art, page 247:

     The bliaus, a long, tight-fitting robe, was worn by the upper classes during the Eleveth, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Centuries, and is now represented by the workman's blouse.

   • 1876, James Robinson Planché, A Cyclopaedia of Costume Or Dictionary of Dress, Including Notices of Contemporaneous Fashions on the Continent: The dictionary, page 44:

     In a close roll of the reign of King John, there is an order for a bliaus lined with fur for the use of the queen . For the lower orders the bliaus was made of canvas and fustian . ( Vide Ducange in voce for quotations . ) M. Viollet - le - Duc has a ...