Simarre

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of simar. alt-of, alternative

    "[T]he profusion of her sable tresses, which, each arranged in its own spiral of twisted curls, fell down upon as much of a snow-white neck and bosom as a simarre of the richest Persian silk, […]"

  2. 2
    a fur-lined coat decorated with braid, worn in the sixteenth century. wordnet

Example

More examples

"[T]he profusion of her sable tresses, which, each arranged in its own spiral of twisted curls, fell down upon as much of a snow-white neck and bosom as a simarre of the richest Persian silk, […]"

Etymology

Borrowed from French simarre.

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