cotta noun2 •A surplice, in England and America usually one shorter and less full than the ordinary surplice and with short sleeves, or sometimes none.She wore a short surcoat of scarlet, cut low around the shoulders, sleeveless, reaching just below her hips, like the tabards worn by medieval heralds. Over it she wore a laced-edged cotta. — 1965 •A kind of coarse woolen blanket. formscottas
