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Rochet [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A surplice; the white upper garment of a priest worn while officiating.

2. A fish, the roach, which see.

Rochet [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A linen garment resembling the surplise, but with narrower sleeves, also without sleeves, worn by bishops, and by some other ecclesiastical dignitaries, in certain religious ceremonies.

2. A frock or outer garment worn in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.

3. The red gurnard, or gurnet. See Gurnard.