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vorlages

vorlages noun: a particular style of tight-fitting ski pants. Also the plural of vorlage.

Noun (1)

vorlages pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A particular style of tight-fitting ski pants.
    • Not content with the table displays, Daddy covered the sofa with our new ski-ing clothes, our beanies, vorlages, ankle-length tomato coloured pants, Mummy's furry earmuffs, their anoraks and my parka.1964, Caroline Glyn, Don't Knock the Corners Off, page 184
    • Next came the vorlages, copied from the Austrian guides, which are almost similar to the first trousers Mr Symonds designed for women. The vorlages have held the slopes against all comers ever since.1966, Allison Adburgham, View of Fashion, page 56

Noun (2) capitalized: Vorlages

Vorlages

  1. (plural) plural of Vorlage

Also used as

vorlages is also the plural of vorlage.

Examples of vorlages in a sentence

  • Another example of the same trap is vorlages.1966, Climber and Rambler, volume 5, page 137:
  • "Air suits me," she had remarked, for she had bought two pairs of black vorlages and matched them with a series of thick sweaters in black and orange patterns and an orange snood.1966, David Benedictus, This Animal is Mischievous, page 12:
  • The main requirements of clothing are a suitable pair of trousers or vorlages and a waterproof windcheater jacket or anorak, and even these may be hired for the duration of one's holiday if desired.1968, Howard Bass, Winter Sports, page 22:

Questions about vorlages

What does vorlages mean?
Vorlages means a particular style of tight-fitting ski pants.
How do you use vorlages in a sentence?
Another example of the same trap is vorlages.
What part of speech is vorlages?
Vorlages is a noun.

Words near vorlages in the dictionary

  1. vorish
  2. vorishness
  3. Vorkosiverse
  4. Vorkuta
  5. vorlage
  6. vorlages
  7. vorlaufer
  8. vorlaufers
  9. vorlooper
  10. vorloopers
  11. Vormsi

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