Rance

//ɹæns// name, noun, verb

name, noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A type of coloured marble from Belgium. Rance is red and often has white or blue graining. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A prop or shore. Scotland, countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A round or spreader between the legs of a chair. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To prop or shore up. Scotland, transitive
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A river in Brittany, France, which flows into the English Channel. countable, uncountable

Example

More examples

"We picked our way among groups of dirty children, and through lines of discoloured linen, until we came to Number 46, the door of which was decorated with a small slip of brass on which the name Rance was engraved."

Etymology

From Old French ranche, from Latin ramex, ramus.

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