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almuce

almuce noun: a hood or cape.

Noun

almuce (plural almuces)

  1. A hood or cape.
    • It was alleged, for example, that in 1435, when many pilgrims were in the cathedral, the Dean, with an armed band, had made a personal attack on the Chancellor Peter Partrich, whom the soldiers dragged away by his almuce.1994, Dorothy Owen, A History of Lincoln Minster, page 159

Forms of almuce

pluralalmuces

Origin of almuce

Related to amice. Doublet of mutch.

Questions about almuce

What does almuce mean?
Almuce means a hood or cape.
What part of speech is almuce?
Almuce is a noun.
What is the plural of almuce?
The plural of almuce is almuces.

Words near almuce in the dictionary

  1. almswoman
  2. almswomen
  3. almucantar
  4. almucantar staff
  5. almucantars
  6. almuce
  7. almuces
  8. almud
  9. almude
  10. almudes
  11. almuds

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