cymar
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of cymar
C17: variant of simar, from French simarre, perhaps ultimately from Basque zamar sheepskin
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She was not attired in her white cymar; nor was her head wreathed with monumental amaranths;--health was on her cheek, fond smiles on her pouting lip, and tender love swimming in her melting glance.
From A Love Story by A Bushman
The worthy Clerk stated aghast at the vision; the purple robe, the cymar, the coronet,—above all, the smile; no, there was no mistaking her; it was the blessed St. Bridget herself!
From Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers by Various
To make matters still worse, she had chosen a vest or cymar of a pale green silk, which gave her, on the whole, a ghastly and even spectral appearance.
From Quentin Durward by Sir Walter Scott
A sea-green cymar with short sleeves, displayed her exquisitely moulded arms to perfection, and was fastened by a girdle of emeralds over a yellow satin frock.
From Burlesques by William Makepeace Thackeray
His embroidered cymar, or robe, falls about him in rich folds as he clasps his arms about the tiny swaddled figure.
From Rembrandt A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait of the Painter with Introduction and Interpretation by Estelle M. (Estelle May) Hurll
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