sagum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A cloak, worn in ancient times by the Gauls, early Germans, and Roman soldiers, made of a rectangular piece of (usually red) coarse cloth and fastened on the right shoulder.

Word forms

sagum sagums saga

Etymology

From Latin sagum, perhaps of Gaulish origin.

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