rochet

American  

[roch-it] / ˈrɒtʃ ɪt /

noun

1. a vestment of linen or lawn, resembling a surplice, worn especially by bishops and abbots.

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rochet British  

/ ˈrɒtʃɪt /

noun

1. a white surplice with tight sleeves, worn by bishops, abbots, and certain other Church dignitaries

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Etymology

Origin of rochet

1350–1400; Middle English < Old French: outer garment < Germanic; compare Old English rocc outer garment

Example Sentences

For the official ceremony, the new cardinals are expected to wear a red silk cassock topped with a white lace rochet and a short red cape over that.

From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2014

Last came the ample habit-coat of heavy cloth, topped by a linen rochet and a stiffly starched barbette of cambric .

From Time Magazine Archive

Dr. Stires, who entered the church wearing cassock and rochet, had stood humbly before the carved reredos while his attending presbyters garbed him in a chimere.

From Time Magazine Archive

The lawn sleeves now sewn on the chimere properly are part of the rochet, and formerly were much less full than now worn.

From The Church Handy Dictionary by Anonymous

In December therefore and January we commonly abound in herring and red fish, as rochet and gurnard.

From Elizabethan England From 'A Description of England,' by William Harrison by Harrison, William