cyclas noun2 •A long gown or surcoat, cut off at the front, worn in the Middle Ages, sometimes embroidered or interwoven with gold.The effigy of Sir John de Lyons (1346) at Warkworth, in Northamptonshire, shows slight further changes; a gambeson, a sleeved haketon, and a cyclas are worn. — 1995 •An expensive material from which such gowns were made. It is unclear what the material was.
