What does "eure" mean?
Obsolete form of ewer.
Eure
name, noun
name, noun ·1 syllable ·Rare ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Obsolete form of ewer.
- Grammar: eure is listed as name, noun.
- Usage evidence: 1630 December 20, Robert Nedham, knight viscount Killmorey, testament, quoted in 1800, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, Accounts and Papers […] and other Stuff remaining in my House and Grounds at Shavington except the hangings and other Furniture which is now used in the Dining Chamber at Shavington aforesaid and except my best Silver Bason and Eure and my Seal of Arms and also all my Armour in my Armory at Shavington all which before excepted I give and devise unto my said Son Robert Nedham to remain to him […]
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Obsolete form of ewer. alt-of, obsolete
"1630 December 20, Robert Nedham, knight viscount Killmorey, testament, quoted in 1800, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, Accounts and Papers […] and other Stuff remaining in my House and Grounds at Shavington except the hangings and other Furniture which is now used in the Dining Chamber at Shavington aforesaid and except my best Silver Bason and Eure and my Seal of Arms and also all my Armour in my Armory at Shavington all which before excepted I give and devise unto my said Son Robert Nedham to remain to him […]"
Proper Noun
- 1 A department of Normandy, France. Capital: Évreux (INSEE code 27).
- 2 A left tributary of the Seine, in northwestern France, flowing through the departments of Orne, Eure-et-Loir and Eure.
Example
"1630 December 20, Robert Nedham, knight viscount Killmorey, testament, quoted in 1800, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, Accounts and Papers […] and other Stuff remaining in my House and Grounds at Shavington except the hangings and other Furniture which is now used in the Dining Chamber at Shavington aforesaid and except my best Silver Bason and Eure and my Seal of Arms and also all my Armour in my Armory at Shavington all which before excepted I give and devise unto my said Son Robert Nedham to remain to him […]"
Common questions
How do you use "eure" in a sentence?
1630 December 20, Robert Nedham, knight viscount Killmorey, testament, quoted in 1800, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, Accounts and Papers […] and other Stuff remaining in my House and Grounds at Shavington except the hangings and other Furniture which is now used in the Dining Chamber at Shavington aforesaid and except my best Silver Bason and Eure and my Seal of Arms and also all my Armour in my Armory at Shavington all which before excepted I give and devise unto my said Son Robert Nedham to remain to him […]
Etymology
Borrowed from French Eure.