simar

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Definition of simar

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noun

(archaic, historical)A woman's loose, long dress or robe; sometimes specifically, an undergarment or chemise.

“[T]heir beautiful tresses were braided and incensed; and they were wrapped in symars whiter than alabaster.”
“[T]he profusion of her sable tresses, which, each arranged in its own spiral of twisted curls, fell down upon as much of a snow-white neck and bosom as a simarre of the richest Persian silk, […]”

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noun

(archaic, historical)A woman's loose, long dress or robe; sometimes specifically, an undergarment or chemise.

“[T]heir beautiful tresses were braided and incensed; and they were wrapped in symars whiter than alabaster.”
“[T]he profusion of her sable tresses, which, each arranged in its own spiral of twisted curls, fell down upon as much of a snow-white neck and bosom as a simarre of the richest Persian silk, […]”
A type of ecclesiastical vestment, similar to a cassock.
(obsolete)A light covering; a cloak or mantle.

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Borrowed from French simarre (“type of robe”), from Italian cimarra, zimarra. Doublet of chimer.

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