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Tabard vs Tavern - What's the difference?

tabard | tavern |

As nouns the difference between tabard and tavern

is that tabard is a silk banner attached to a bugle or trumpet while tavern is a building containing a bar licensed to sell alcoholic drinks; an inn.

tabard

English

(wikipedia tabard)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A silk banner attached to a bugle or trumpet.
  • A woman's or girl's sleeveless jerkin or loose overgarment.
  • (obsolete) A sleeveless garment made of coarse cloth formerly worn outdoors by the common people.
  • (obsolete) A cape or tunic worn by a knight, emblazoned with the coat of arms of his king or queen on the front.
  • (obsolete) A similar garment officially worn by a herald and emblazoned with his sovereign's coat of arms.
  • Derived terms

    * tabarded

    Anagrams

    * ----

    tavern

    English

    (wikipedia tavern)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A building containing a bar licensed to sell alcoholic drinks; an inn.
  • *
  • *:At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
  • Derived terms

    * tavernous

    Synonyms

    * See also