— surpliced , adj.
/serr"plis/ , n.
1. a loose-fitting, broad-sleeved white vestment, worn over the cassock by clergy and choristers.
2. a garment in which the two halves of the front cross diagonally.
[ 1250-1300; ME surplis surpliz, syncopated var. of OF surpeliz superpellicium ( vestimentum ) over-pelt (garment), neut. of superpellicius (adj.), equiv. to L super- SUPER- + pellit ( us ) clothed with skins + -ius adj. suffix ]