cymar
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of cymar
C17: variant of simar, from French simarre, perhaps ultimately from Basque zamar sheepskin
Example Sentences
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Let us believe her the habitant of some bright planet, such as she pointed out to us in the Bay of Naples--a seraph with a golden lyre--and shrouded in a white cymar!
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
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
The cymar was knotted round her bosom with a modest girdle, and left bare two arms prettily moulded, on which shone bracelets of gold, fantastically wrought.
From Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico by Robert Montgomery Bird
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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