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vaire

vaire is the alternative form of vair.

Meaning of vair

Noun

vair (countable and uncountable, plural vairs)

  1. A type of fur from a squirrel with a grey back and white belly, much used on garments in the Middle Ages.
    • Bran wore grey breeches and white doublet, his sleeves and collar trimmed with vair.1999, George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam, published 2011, page 323
  2. An heraldic fur formed by a regular tessellation of bell shapes in two colours, (for example in the image, blue and white).

Questions about vaire

What is vaire the alternative form of?
Vaire is the alternative form of vair.

Words near vaire in the dictionary

  1. Vainshtien
  2. vair
  3. vairagi
  4. vairagis
  5. vairagya
  6. vaire
  7. Vairocana
  8. vairone
  9. vairones
  10. vairs
  11. vairy

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