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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tabard \Tab"ard\, n. [OE. tabard, tabart; cf Sp & Pg tabardo,
It tabarro W. tabar, LGr. ?, LL tabardum.]
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. [Spelt
also {taberd}.]
In a tabard he [the Plowman] rode upon a mare.
--Chaucer.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
tabard
n : a short sleeveless outer garment emblazoned with his coat of
arms worn by a knight over his armor or by a herald
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