Check (clothes)

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Man carrying a check (illustration from the 19th century).

Pinto ( etymologically related to jacket , Eng. Jacket ) is a shorter, sculpting the body Mr. skirt , the middle of the 14th century and the French developed pour point corresponded.

Initially worn for a long time, towards the end of the 15th century it shrank to an extremely tight sleeve jacket, which was sometimes worn with short laps , open at the sides and in the front , and sometimes without all laps.

The family name Scheckler , which is present in German, and the family name Schäck (also Scheck etc.), which is widely used in the Dutch, Belgian and French regions, are derived from this item of clothing .

literature

  • "Schecke" , in: German dictionary by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm, first edition (1854–1960), digitized version in the digital dictionary of the German language.