simar

[ si-mahr ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Also cy·mar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
zimarra.

simar

/ sɪˈmɑː /

Origin of simar¹

1635–45; earlier simarre < French < Italian zimarra “gown” < Spanish zamarra “sheepskin coat,” zamarro “sheepskin” < Basque zamar

She kept advancing, clothed in her white trailing simar, and with her large eyes fastened on the veil.

She sobs, her head resting against a pillar, her hair hanging down, and her body wrapped in a long brown simar.

At one moment Charles X., attired in a cherry-coloured simar striped with gold, lay at full length at the Archbishop's feet.

April 25, 2024firkin

[fur-kin ]

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