Cotta

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A surplice, in England and America usually one shorter and less full than the ordinary surplice and with short sleeves, or sometimes none.

    "She wore a short surcoat of scarlet, cut low around the shoulders, sleeveless, reaching just below her hips, like the tabards worn by medieval heralds. Over it she wore a laced-edged cotta."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of katha (“unit of area”). alt-of, alternative
  3. 3
    A kind of coarse woolen blanket.

Example

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"I make panna cotta without using gelatin."

Etymology

From Medieval Latin cotta (“clerical tunic”).

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