Dress

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Clothing, or a gown worn by a female. This generally refers to the outer layer dress worn indoors, unless given a prefix (eg under-dress or overdress).

Many names exist for a basic women's gown in differnt languages, from different regions and medieval periods, and sometimes to refer to a specific style of garment. Some of these are:

  • gunna (germanic, mid medieval)
  • rock
  • bliaut
  • cote/coathardie (in common sca speak)
  • tunic


Garments which are not often called dresses, but may be similar in shape and form are:

  • chemise
  • cotehardie (when refering to an outer garment)