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Cowl ( medium high German habit , of medium latin cotta , Habit ') denotes a from the Order men of Franciscan worn, long, wide garment with hood (see FIG. Habit , cowl ) connected to a cincture is held together. Colloquially, it is particularly used to describe a coat or parka , and in southern German also a work smock .

etymology

The Dutch proverbs : hanging one's habit over the fence (starting something new without knowing what to expect)

Frock denotes both in the Franciscan Order , the tunic of religious brothers and nuns , as well as in secular use a wide, unadorned robe executed and in the southern Germans a smock. Since the middle of the 20th century, a kutte has also been used to describe a three-quarter-length, generously cut coat (often with a hood) made of weatherproof material. The origin is derived from the Middle High German kutte , kut , monk's robe , which is a borrowing from the Middle Latin cotta , cota (also cottus ). It is presumed that it can be traced back to a Latinization from the old French cote for a 'narrow robe with sleeves for men and women' (French cotte 'skirt, blue work trousers ').

The word is linguistically related in the southern German-speaking area to the garment puke .

Subcultures

The term Kutte established itself in the 20th century in addition to the parkas already mentioned for vests in various subcultures , for example for:

See also

Wiktionary: Kutte  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
  • Cotte , a medieval garment

Individual evidence

  1. Cowl . duden.de; Retrieved March 4, 2013.
  2. Cowl. In: Digital dictionary of the German language . Retrieved March 4, 2013
  3. vomit . duden.de; Retrieved March 4, 2013.