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# surcoat

«surcoat» in Mova's school dictionary: **A surcoat was a loose coat or tunic worn over a knight's…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (surcoats); old use

### meaning for a pupil

A surcoat was a loose coat or tunic worn over a knight's armour in old times. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surcoat/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in fairy tales a knight puts on his surcoat before riding away

### examples

- Paperarello fastened the ear inside his surcoat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surcoat/#x1)
- The knight pulled his surcoat over his armour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surcoat/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «surcoat» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surcoat/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.