Tippet
A tippet is a sash or scarf or cape, worn over the shoulders. The ecclesiastical use of the tippet is as a black “preaching scarf” worn around the neck to mark out the minister from laymen, and is worn over a surplice.
The tippet is usually made of wool or polyester, around 110” long and 6” wide, and is narrower at the neck than at the ends, to make it easier to wear.
Sometimes lay readers will wear blue tippets.
It is often confused with the stole, but the stole is a eucharistic vestment and varies in color depending on the liturgical color of the day.
Use in Anglicanism
The tippet is the traditional Anglican vestment, worn for choir dress by clergy. Clergy will traditionally wear a tippet over top of their surplice to distinguish them as licensed preachers from ordinary lay members of the choir who are simply wearing a cassock and surplice.