Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An upper tunic of ornamental character worn by women under the Roman empire, and assumed by some emperors considered effeminate, as Caligula.
- noun An outer garment similar to the surcoat, apparently circular in form, worn in the fourteenth century, especially by women.
- noun [capitalized] The typical genus of mollusks of the family Cycladidœ, or Sphœriidœ, having the shell equivalve, thin, ventricose, with external ligament and thick horny epidermis. The species are numerous in fresh water. Also called
Sphœrium .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A long gown or surcoat (cut off in front), worn in the Middle Ages. It was sometimes embroidered or interwoven with gold. Also, a rich stuff from which the gown was made.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A long
gown orsurcoat , cut off in front, worn in theMiddle Ages , sometimes embroidered or interwoven withgold . - noun A rich
stuff from which such gowns were made.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word cyclas.
Examples
-
Used loosely in early glossaries as a rendering of L. anabola, cyclas, peplum, ricinum. a1100 Aldhelm Gloss.
Medallion Vulcan | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009
-
South of the armory of Westminster Palace lay the gardens, and here, on the third day following the King's affront to De Vac, might have been a seen a black-haired woman gowned in a violet cyclas, richly embroidered with gold about the yoke and at the bottom of the loose-pointed sleeves, which reached almost to the similar bordering on the lower hem of the garment.
The Outlaw of Torn Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912
-
Hosen, shirts, cyclas, and under-jupons are in the brown basket on the left side of the mule.
The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
-
So close was it that the point ripped a gash in the jutting edge of his linen cyclas.
The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
-
Hosen, shirts, cyclas, and under-jupons are in the brown basket on the left side of the mule.
The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
-
So close was it that the point ripped a gash in the jutting edge of his linen cyclas.
The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
-
Hosen, shirts, cyclas, and under-jupons are in the brown basket on the left side of the mule.
The White Company Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
-
Hosen, shirts, cyclas, and under-jupons are in the brown basket on the left side of the mule.
The White Company 1890
-
So close was it that the point ripped a gash in the jutting edge of his linen cyclas.
The White Company 1890
-
She had seen glances hot with wine and lust, claspings of hands, loosened cyclas, and more lascivious reclinings.
The Lion's Brood Duffield Osborne 1887
qms commented on the word cyclas
With Christmas at last put to bed
Her costume was happily shed;
Then Mrs Saint Nich’las
Put on her white cyclas
And banned from the house all that’s red.
March 10, 2019