tippet

A covering for the shoulders, as of fur, with long ends that hang in front.

A long stole worn by members of the Anglican clergy.

A long hanging part, as of a sleeve, hood, or cape.

The thinnest end of a tapered fly-fishing leader.

A long and narrow pendent part of the dress, as the hanging part of a sleeve or the liripipium.

Any scarf or similar garment.

A cape or muffler, usually covering the shoulders or coming, at most, half-way to the elbow, but longer in front; especially, such a garment when made of fur; in modern use, any covering for the neck, or the neck and shoulders, with hanging ends, especially a woolen muffler tied about the neck. Fur tippets still form part of the official costume of English judges.

In the Ch. of Eng., a kind of cape worn by literates (non-graduates), of stuff, and instead of the hood, and by graduates, beneficed clergy, and dignitaries, of silk, at times when they do not wear the hood.

A hood of chain-mail: used sometimes for camail.

A length of twisted hair or gut in a fishing-line.