Rochet

[rɒtʃit]

Definition

(n.) A linen garment resembling the surplise, but with narrower sleeves, also without sleeves, worn by bishops, and by some other ecclesiastical dignitaries, in certain religious ceremonies.

(n.) A frock or outer garment worn in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.

(n.) The red gurnard, or gurnet. See Gurnard.

Editor: Melinda

Definition

n. a close-fitting fine linen or lawn vestment proper to bishops and abbots: a mantlet worn by the peers of England during ceremonies.

Typed by Garrett