Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An obsolete form of miniver.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Same as miniver.

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  • noun Alternative form of miniver.

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Examples

  • His dress was a tunic of forest green, furred at the throat and cuffs with what was called minever; a kind of fur inferior in quality to ermine, and formed, it is believed, of the skin of the grey squirrel.

    Ivanhoe 2004

  • His dress was a tunic of forest green, furred at the throat and cuffs with what was called minever;

    Ivanhoe 1892

  • His dress was a tunic of forest green, furred at the throat and cuffs with what was called minever; a kind of fur inferior in quality to ermine, and formed, it is believed, of the skin of the grey squirrel.

    Ivanhoe. A Romance 1819

  • His dress was a tunic of forest green, furred at the throat and cuffs with what was called minever; a kind of fur inferior in quality to ermine, and formed, it is believed, of the skin of the grey squirrel.

    Ivanhoe Walter Scott 1801

  • Al-Táif,410 leaning on a pillow 411 of minever, stuffed with ostrich down.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Then came forth a likely knight, and well apparelled in scarlet furred with minever.

    Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table 2003

  • The ensuing day the duke of Lancaster (Henry IV.) after mass, created them knights, and presented them with long green coats, with straight sleeves lined with minever, after the manner of prelates.

    Coronation Anecdotes Giles Gossip

  • The master had a _cappa_ or cope, such as a Cambridge Vice-Chancellor wears on Degree Days, with a border and hood of minever, such as

    Life in the Medieval University Robert S. Rait

  • There lie two or three daggers of more than ordinary workmanship, and by them a silver cup or two, and again more than one hood lined with minever.

    Old English Libraries; The Making, Collection and Use of Books During the Middle Ages 1911

  • Five -- a cloak of fur turned up with minever, a gold goblet with stand and cover, and a box of rose-colored sugar.

    The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

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