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medieval outerwear that turned knights into walking billboards before fashion invented branding
battlefield purposeshielded armor from sun-baked, blistering desert heat
crusader originpopularized by knights returning from the Holy Land
heraldry canvasdisplayed family arms, hence coat of arms
unisex appealnoblewomen wore sleeveless versions over their gowns
name meaningliterally over-coat from Old French