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A tabard is a simple garment with no sleeves that hangs down over your chest and back, worn on top of your other clothes. Think of a wide strip of cloth with a hole for your head, open or loosely tied at the sides. Two pictures come with the word. The old one is medieval: a knight or a royal messenger wearing a tabard over his armour, with a coat of arms printed big on the front so people could see at a distance who he served. That image survives today at ceremonies, in castles and museums, and in fantasy films and games. The newer, more everyday one is a work garment: shop staff, cleaners, market stewards, charity volunteers and school pull a tabard on over their own clothes, usually in a bright colour with a name or logo on it. It keeps their clothes clean and tells everyone at a glance what their role is. This everyday use is common in Britain and much less so in America, where people would more often say 'apron', 'smock' or 'vest' depending on the shape. It is a countable noun: a tabard, two tabards. It is not a fashion word — nobody wears a tabard to look good; you wear one because it shows who you are or what job you are doing.
罩衣、背心式圍裙（醫院、賣場、義工穿的那種套在外面、沒有袖子的工作罩衣）；中世紀騎士繡有家徽的那種則稱「紋章外袍」
組成Does not split into meaning-pieces in English. It came in from Old French 'tabart', a plain sleeveless overtunic or heavy outer cloak. Where French got it from is unknown.
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
tabardnoun/ˈtæbɑː(ɹ)d/
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A silk banner attached to a bugle or trumpet.
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A sleeveless jerkin or loose overgarment.
- The long rows of wheat-shocks marched like soldiers in worn yellow tabards.
- ‘I still cannot believe I actually did that!’ Maureen told me, recalling that time her and the Nanas turned up at former prime minister David Cameron's house in Oxfordshire on a tank Vivienne Westwood lent them, wearing tabards that said ‘The Oven Gloves Are Coming Off’.
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historicalA sleeveless garment made of coarse cloth formerly worn outdoors by the common people.
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historicalA cape or tunic worn by a knight, emblazoned with the coat of arms of his king or queen on the front.
- And thereupon, behold, a knight on a black horse appeared, clothed in jet-black velvet, and with a tabard of black linen about him.
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historicalA similar garment officially worn by a herald and emblazoned with his sovereign's coat of arms.
- The heralds in their tabards were marvellous to behold, and a nod from Rouge Croix gave me the keenest gratification.
- Along the narrow winding path between the great oak trees there rode a dark sallow man in a scarlet tabard who blew so loudly upon a silver trumpet that they heard the clanging call long before they set eyes on him.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。