1. long scarves or stoles worn around the neck, especially as part of ceremonial or clerical dress
Usage: often ceremonial or religious
2. short capes or shoulder coverings worn as part of women’s clothing
Usage: historical fashion

Examples

• The choir members wore white tippets over their robes during the ceremony.
• The bishop’s silk tippets were embroidered with gold thread.
• Victorian women often wore fur tippets to keep their shoulders warm.
• The graduation ceremony required all participants to wear academic tippets.
• She inherited her grandmother’s collection of elegant evening tippets.
• The priest adjusted his tippets before beginning the service.