Journade

Journade (France) or Giornea (Italy) is a sideless overgown or tabard.

[1] It was usually pleated and was worn hanging loose or belted.

Young men wore them short and older men wore them calf- or ankle-length.

The Complete Costume Dictionary by Elizabeth J. Lewandowski describes the journade as a "short, circular garment worn for riding.

Initially it had large, full sleeves and later it had long, slit sleeves."

The Swiss Guard at the Vatican wearing full-skirted giornea or jerkins and full sleeves over low-necked shirts or chemises , 1512