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Durance

//ˈd͡ʒʊəɹəns// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A left tributary of the Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
Noun
  1. 1
    Imprisonment; forced confinement. archaic, countable, uncountable

    "What bootes it him from death to be unbownd, / To be captived in endlesse duraunce / Of sorrow and despeyre without aleggeaunce!"

  2. 2
    imprisonment (especially for a long time) wordnet
  3. 3
    Duration. countable, obsolete, uncountable
  4. 4
    Endurance, durability. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "Fal. Thou ſay'ſt true Lad: is not my Hoſteſſe of the Tauerne a moſt ſweet Wench? / Prin. As is the hony, my old Lad of the Caſtle: and is not a Buffe Ierkin a moſt ſweet robe of durance?"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Old French durance, from durer (“to last”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French Durance.

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