simar

[ si-mahr ]

noun

1. Also cy·mar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
2. zimarra.

simar

/ sɪˈmɑː /

noun

1. a variant spelling of cymar

Word History and Origins

Origin of simar¹

1635–45; earlier simarre < French < Italian zimarra “gown” < Spanish zamarra “sheepskin coat,” zamarro “sheepskin” < Basque zamar

Example Sentences

She kept advancing, clothed in her white trailing simar, and with her large eyes fastened on the veil.

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She sobs, her head resting against a pillar, her hair hanging down, and her body wrapped in a long brown simar.

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At one moment Charles X., attired in a cherry-coloured simar striped with gold, lay at full length at the Archbishop's feet.

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