witzchoura
Syllables: witz·cho·u·ra/vɪtˈʃʊəɹə/US/vɪtˈʃʊɚɹə/
witzchoura noun: a woman's fur-lined cloak, mantle, or pelisse with large sleeves, worn during the early 19th century.
Noun
witzchoura (plural witzchouras)
- A woman's fur-lined cloak, mantle, or pelisse with large sleeves, worn during the early 19th century.
- THE GREATEST NOVELTY IN DRESS FOR THE PRESENT PERIOD, is the ENGLISH WITZCHOURA, being the most indispensible^([sic]) appendage to Dress that can be conceived. It protects the wearer from the inclemencies of the weather—prevents dress from being deranged—and forms a most elegant and useful exterior...1817 January 1, “The Universal Advertising Sheet in La Belle Assemblee”, in La Belle Assemblée; being Bell’s Court and Fashionable Magazine (New and Improved Series), volume XIV, number 91, London...
- "I'll just wrap myself up, and be ready in an instant; that old yellow witzchoura," pointing to one that lay on a chair close by Mrs. Brayforth, "is all I shall put on," she was going to add; but that old lady screamed aloud, "'Old yellow witch houra!' call me an old witch indeed![…]"1821, chapter X, in Scheming; […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Co., […], →OCLC, pages 160–161
Examples of witzchoura in a sentence
- THE GREATEST NOVELTY IN DRESS FOR THE PRESENT PERIOD, is the ENGLISH WITZCHOURA, being the most indispensible^([sic]) appendage to Dress that can be conceived.1817 January 1, “The Universal Advertising Sheet in La Belle Assemblee”, in La Belle Assemblée; being Bell’s Court and Fashionable Magazine...
- The loose Polonese sleeve, lined and trimmed with fur, was worn with Witzchouras: the sleeve underneath fitted close to the arm.1826, “A Summary of the Fashions for the Last Six Months”, in Supplement to La Belle Assemblée, or Court and Fashionable Magazine (New...
- The witzchouras, taking its name from central Europe, a sort of fur redingote-cum-overcoat, with a raised collar and fur hood had neither belt nor pleats and made its appearance in 1808.1989, Philippe Séguy, “Costume in the Age of Napoleon”, in Katell le Bourhis, editor, The Age of Napoleon: Costume from Revolution to...
- During the Napoleonic Era (1799–1815) in Europe, women's fashions abandoned the inside pocket for the columnar chemise dress and Polish Witzchoura mantle, a fur-edged cloak with open sleeves.2014, Mary Ellen Snodgrass, “Pockets”, in World Clothing and Fashion: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Social Influence, volume 2...
Forms of witzchoura
| plural | witzchouras |
|---|---|
| alternative form | witchoura |
| alternative form | witz-choura |
Origin of witzchoura
PIE word *wĺ̥kʷos Borrowed from French witzchoura (obsolete), vitchoura (“witzchoura”), from Polish wilczura (“(archaic) wolfskin”), from wilczy (“wolf-like, lupine”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos (“wolf”)) + -ura (suffix forming feminine nouns).
Words that rhyme with witzchoura
Questions about witzchoura
- What does witzchoura mean?
- Witzchoura means a woman's fur-lined cloak, mantle, or pelisse with large sleeves, worn during the early 19th century.
- How do you use witzchoura in a sentence?
- THE GREATEST NOVELTY IN DRESS FOR THE PRESENT PERIOD, is the ENGLISH WITZCHOURA, being the most indispensible^([sic]) appendage to Dress that can be conceived.
- What part of speech is witzchoura?
- Witzchoura is a noun.
- How do you pronounce witzchoura?
- Witzchoura is pronounced /vɪtˈʃʊəɹə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of witzchoura?
- The plural of witzchoura is witzchouras.
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