cramoisie
- a variation of cramoisy.
Example Sentences
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And we'll gang once more to yon town, Wi' better luck to yon town; We'll walk in silk and cramoisie, And I shall wed the provost's son My lady of the town I'll be!
From Bulchevy's Book of English Verse by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
My silks are stiff wi' patterns o' siller, I've an ermine hood like the hat o' a miller, I've chains o' coral like rowan berries, An' a cramoisie mantle that cam' frae Paris.
From Nets to Catch the Wind by Wylie, Elinor
They were bound in "figured cramoisie velvet, with rich laces and tassels, with buttons of silk and gold, and with clasps bearing the king's arms."
From Studies from Court and Cloister: being essays, historical and literary dealing mainly with subjects relating to the XVIth and XVIIth centuries by Stone, J. M. (Jean Mary)
O he 's gart build a bonny ship, To sail on the salt sea; The mast was o' the beaten gold, The sails o' cramoisie.
From Bulchevy's Book of English Verse by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
Her girdle is of gold and her skirts of the cramoisie.
From The Balladists Famous Scots Series by Geddie, John
