Using words used to historically describe something gives extra information. This is sometimes a desired outcome, but often the extra information implied in that description is inaccurate. If I use the word 'aketon' for a garment, people have a picture of a medieval european garment, which is not correct when using the term for a middle eastern or eastern piece.

Describing it with more abstract terms that objectively state this information will lack the context, inviting the listener to depict it with the rest of the information.

Bram and Jason. Thanks for your replies.