Meanings
plural simarres
- alternativeAlternative spelling of simar.
[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, […]
1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, chapter VIII, in Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, pages 146–147
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna fur-lined coat decorated with braid, worn in the sixteenth century.
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Origin
- Frenchsimarre
- Englishsimarre
Borrowed from French simarre.
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simarre. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/simarre
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