OriginFrom Medieval Latin cotta (“clerical tunic”).
- 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.”
“‘The confidence of the very rich,’ thought Father Carter watching Binkie shaking out albs and cottas and calling rather loudly to the organist.”
- A kind of coarse woolen blanket.
Formscottas(plural)