tabard

[ tab-erd ]

/ ˈtæb ərd /

a loose outer garment, sleeveless or with short sleeves, especially one worn by a knight over his armor and usually emblazoned with his arms.

an official garment of a herald, emblazoned with the arms of his master.

a coarse, heavy, short coat, with or without sleeves, formerly worn outdoors.

Origin of tabard

1250–1300; Middle English < Old French tabart

tab·ard·ed, adjective

taata, tab, tab-hang, tab., tabanid, tabard, tabaret, tabari, tabasco, tabbinet, tabbouleh

And the tabard look was very fashionable lace tabard to go in to a train.

Meet the ‘Downton Abbey’ Costume Queen |Katie Baker |January 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Chaucer tells us that the Tabard in Southwark was juste by the Belle.

Old Country Inns of England |Henry P. Maskell
Why, sir, I'd as soon go forth to apply leeches on a herald's tabard, or a suit of Milan mail.

A Day's Ride |Charles James Lever
There is another engraved portrait of him, in his tabard, in Nichols' 'Literary Illustrations,' vol.

Cornish Worthies, Volume 1 (of 2) |Walter H. Tregellas

But in 1387, everything comes right; they assembled at the Tabard on Tuesday, April 16, and had four clear days before them.

Chaucer's Works, Volume 3 (of 7) |Geoffrey Chaucer
Nine and twenty persons, with their horses, found room in the wide chambers and stables of the Tabard, in Southwark.

Old Roads and New Roads |William Bodham Donne

tabard

/ (ˈtæbəd) /

a sleeveless or short-sleeved jacket, esp one worn by a herald, bearing a coat of arms, or by a knight over his armour

C13: from Old French tabart, of uncertain origin