Dress

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 different 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)