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plural tabards
A silk banner attached to a bugle or trumpet. examples
A sleeveless jerkin or loose overgarment. quotations examples
The long rows of wheat-shocks marched like soldiers in worn yellow tabards.
1920, Sinclair Lewis, chapter III, in Main Street: The Story of Carol Kennicott, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, page 25
‘I still cannot believe I actually did that!’ Maureen told me, recalling that time her and the Nanas turned up at former prime minister David Cameron's house in Oxfordshire on a tank Vivienne Westwood lent them, wearing tabards that said ‘The Oven Gloves Are Coming Off’.
2017, Jamie Bartlett, chapter 7, in Radicals, William Heinemann
This is the point at which someone usually suggests riders wear a numbered, hi-vis tabard.
2022 January 31, Peter Walker, “Has the Times declared war on cyclists?”, in The Guardian
(historical) A sleeveless garment made of coarse cloth formerly worn outdoors by the common people.
(historical) A cape or tunic worn by a knight, emblazoned with the coat of arms of his king or queen on the front. quotations
And thereupon, behold, a knight on a black horse appeared, clothed in jet-black velvet, and with a tabard of black linen about him.
1858, Thomas Bulfinch, chapter II, in The Age of Chivalry
(historical) A similar garment officially worn by a herald and emblazoned with his sovereign's coat of arms. quotations
The heralds in their tabards were marvellous to behold, and a nod from Rouge Croix gave me the keenest gratification.
1863, William Makepeace Thackeray, Roundabout Papers
Along the narrow winding path between the great oak trees there rode a dark sallow man in a scarlet tabard who blew so loudly upon a silver trumpet that they heard the clanging call long before they set eyes on him.
1905–1906, Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter XIII, in Sir Nigel, London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], published January 1906