almuce

English

Etymology

Related to amice.

Noun

almuce (plural almuces)

1. A hood or cape.
   • 1994, Dorothy Owen, A History of Lincoln Minster, page 159:

     It was alleged, for example, that in 1435, when many pilgrims were in the cathedral, the Dean, with an armed band, had made a personal attack on the Chancellor Peter Partrich, whom the soldiers dragged away by his almuce.

Translations

hood or cape made of fur

• French: aumusse (fr) f, aumuce (fr) f
• Italian: almuzia f, almuzio m
• Latin: almutia f, almutium n
• Polish: almucja (pl) f

Anagrams

• Caelum, macule