Tabard vs. Surcoat: What's the Difference?

A short, heavy cape of coarse cloth formerly worn outdoors.

A loose outer coat or gown.

A tunic or capelike garment worn by a knight over his armor and emblazoned with his coat of arms.

A tunic worn in the Middle Ages by a knight over his armor.

A similar garment worn by a herald and bearing his lord's coat of arms.

(historical) A loose garment without sleeves worn over a suit of armor, sometimes colored or embroidered with the wearer's coat of arms.

An embroidered pennant attached to a trumpet.

(historical) An overgarment worn over a woman's gown; a kind of short robe worn over the tunic at the close of the 11th century.

A silk banner attached to a bugle or trumpet.

A coat worn over the other garments; especially, the long and flowing garment of knights, worn over the armor, and frequently emblazoned with the arms of the wearer.

A sleeveless jerkin or loose overgarment.

A name given to the outer garment of either sex at different epochs of the Middle Ages.

(historical) A sleeveless garment made of coarse cloth formerly worn outdoors by the common people.

A loose outer coat usually of rich material

(historical) A cape or tunic worn by a knight, emblazoned with the coat of arms of his king or queen on the front.

A tunic worn over a knight's armor

(historical) A similar garment officially worn by a herald and emblazoned with his sovereign's coat of arms.

A sort of tunic or mantle formerly worn for protection from the weather. When worn over the armor it was commonly emblazoned with the arms of the wearer, and from this the name was given to the garment adopted for heralds.

A short sleeveless outer tunic emblazoned with a coat of arms; worn by a knight over his armor or by a herald