ˈsuckeny Hist.
Also 4 sukkenye, 7 surkney, 9 suckeney.
[a. OF. soucanie, also sor-, surquanie (earlier soschanie, sousquenie, cf. med.L. soscania) of Slavonic origin (cf. Polish suknia coat), whence also MHG. sukkenîe.]
A smock.
| ? a 1366 Chaucer Rom. Rose 1232 She hadde on a sukkenye [16th c. edd. suckeny; orig. F. sorquanie] That not of hempe ne heerdis was. 1658 Phillips, Surkney, a kind of white garment like a rotchet. [1834 J. R. Planché Brit. Costume 113 The sosquenie, surquayne, or suckeney was an exterior garment at this period [viz. temp. Edw. I]. 1885 Dillon Fairholt's Costume Eng. II. 387 Sukkenye, a loose frock.] |