revers
Americannoun
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revers
plural
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a part of a garment turned back to show the lining or facing, as a lapel.
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a trimming simulating such a part.
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the facing used.
noun
Other Word Forms
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Etymology
Origin of revers
Borrowed into English from French around 1865–70
Example Sentences
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These were our founding fathers, the people everyone revers so much!
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2016
Albee claimed his first wave in the "sudden death" heat, a 7.5 pt barrel to backside revers for the win.
From Time Magazine Archive
Their jackets favor fingertip lengths, have revers and collars.
From Time Magazine Archive
They found that the brown skirt could be altered, and, with the addition of new revers and collar and a jabot of string-coloured lace at the neck, would look quite fresh.
From Emily Fox-Seton Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst" by C. D. (Charles D.) Williams
We have no right to shut our eyes to the sad revers de la medaille, and leave out of our conceptions of the Creator the larger half of his creation.
From My Path to Atheism by Annie Wood Besant
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