A birrus or birrus brittanicus was a rainproof, hooded woollen cloak (or simply a hood alone), characteristically worn in Britain and Gaul at the time of the Roman Empire and into the Middle Ages. [1][2]

The meaning of BIRRUS is a woolen cape or cloak usually with a hood worn by the Romans and by members of the poorer classes in the middle ages.

Mar 3, 2022 · A unique Roman-era copper alloy figurine of a man wearing the birrus Britannicus, the characteristic heavy wool caped hood worn of native Britons, that almost fell through the cracks in the Treasure Act was saved from exile and is now one of the gems of the collection of the Chelmsford City Museum.

a hooded cloak of coarse wool, a common article of apparel in the later Roman Empire.

A coarse kind of thick woolen cloth, worn by the poor in the Middle Ages; also, a woolen cap or hood worn over the shoulders or over the head....

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bir•rus (bir′əs), USA pronunciation n., pl. bir•ri (bir′ī). USA pronunciation . Antiquity a hooded cloak of coarse wool, a common article of apparel in the later Roman Empire. Also, byrrus.

[LL., fr. L. birrus a kind of cloak. See {Berretta}.] A coarse kind of thick woolen cloth, worn by the poor in the Middle Ages; also, a woolen cap or hood worn over the shoulders or over the head.

BORÇ4k. Bir adam genç bir Rus borçluya gelir ve kısa süre sonra tıraşlı bir amcık deler. 10:08. Doğal göğüsleri ile seksi çıplak gösteri seksi Rus genç dans. 06:00. UTANÇ4K. Yaramaz MILF, arkadaşının oğluyla seks yapmaya hayır diyemez. 10:00. HUNT4K. Soygun, sevimli bebeğini satan bir yardımcı arkadaşla sona erdi. 09:36

The nobility might wear a small Byzantine/Roman-style cloak called a korzna. It resembled the chlamys and was rectangular or semicircular in cut. It could worn fastened by a fibula, brooch or buckle on the right shoulder or in the middle of the chest (a "cloak-mantiyu") and hung down to the ground in wide pleats.