witz-choura

A form of witzchoura — A woman's fur-lined cloak, mantle, or pelisse with large sleeves, worn during the early 19th century.

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Meanings

nounwitz-choura (plural witz-chouras)

plural witz-chouras

  1. alternativeAlternative form of witzchoura.

    Meanwhile, from Russia French women adopted "witz-chouras," or fur-lined (usually wolf) coats.

    2018, Christine Haynes, “Cosmopolitanism”, in Our Friends the Enemies: The Occupation of France after Napoleon, Cambridge, Mass.; London: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, part II (Friends?), page 193
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