rochet

A white ceremonial vestment made of linen or lawn, worn by bishops and other church dignitaries.

Originally, a short cloak worn by men of all degrees, also by women (in this case frequently a white linen outer garment).

Eccles., a close-fitting vestment of linen or lawn, worn by bishops and some others.

Hence, a bishop: also used attributively.

A mantelet worn by the peers of England during ceremonies.

A kind of fish, the roach or piper gurnard.

To invest with a rochet.

A linen garment resembling the surplise, but with narrower sleeves, also without sleeves, worn by bishops, and by some other ecclesiastical dignitaries, in certain religious ceremonies.

A frock or outer garment worn in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.

The red gurnard, or gurnet. See gurnard.