Queenward
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Towards a queen. not-comparable
"The cloth was so large it covered both the form, and all the ground within the King’s travers, or large cloth of estate, “which was open both afore and behind, and the side to the queenward, and close at the wall, and it was all of the same purple velvet, embroidered with flower de lysys of gold.”"
Example
More examples"The cloth was so large it covered both the form, and all the ground within the King’s travers, or large cloth of estate, “which was open both afore and behind, and the side to the queenward, and close at the wall, and it was all of the same purple velvet, embroidered with flower de lysys of gold.”"
Etymology
From queen + -ward.
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