scora

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scora, m.n: a hairy garment. (SHO-ra / ˈʃɔ-ra)

Medieval manuscript illustration of a woman whose hair is so long that it covers her entire body, her arms, and all the way to her toes, like a kind of dress; she is handing some kind of fruit or nut to a monkey in a tree.
Smithfield Decretals; S France (Toulouse?), c. 1300-40; British Library, Royal MS 10 E IV, f. 275r. [bl.uk]

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