うちかけ

See also: うちがけ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of うちかけ – see the following entry.

【打ち掛け】 [noun] (archaic, historical) [10th century] a type of ceremonial armor made of cloth and worn by officers when appearing in the Emperor's court [noun] (archaic, historical) chest armor made from small pieces of iron bound with leather straps [noun] (archaic, historical) clothing worn by palanquin bearers during Imperial visits [noun] (archaic) [14th century] one type of costume worn by bugaku or dengaku performers [noun] (archaic) [14th century] a jacket worn while traveling, with narrow sleeves and a wide bottom [noun] (archaic) [c. 14th century] short for 打掛烏帽子 (uchikake eboshi), a type of strapless eboshi, a headdress [noun] [a. 17th century] short for 打掛小袖 (uchikake kosode), a type of kimono worn by upper-class women from autumn through spring [noun] [from 17th century] a kimono overcoat Alternative spellings 打掛, 裲襠

(This term, うちかけ (uchikake), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as うちかけ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as うちかけ.)