miniver
Americannoun
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(in the Middle Ages) a fur of white or spotted white and gray used for linings and trimmings.
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any white fur, particularly that of the ermine, used especially on robes of state.
noun
Etymology
Origin of miniver
1250–1300; Middle English meniver < Middle French menu vair small vair; menu
Example Sentences
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In the broad transepts of Westminster Abbey, a thousand peers and ladies sat, clothed in velvet and miniver, dazzling in their show of decorations won in peace and war.
From Time Magazine Archive
Earl Baldwin, thrice Prime Minister of Britain, weighed down with a crimson robe festooned with miniver, had to go thirsty.
From Time Magazine Archive
Moved by the gown, by some strange memory of miniver and colour, the poor Wild Man had gone from the King’s table to the well.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Lord Gyles stood coughing, while poor cousin Tyrek wore his bridegroom's mantle of miniver and velvet.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Sir Bliant, who had been staying the night, was dressed in scarlet furred with miniver.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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