mitre

[ mahy-ter ]
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noun, verb (used with object),mi·tred, mi·tring.
  1. Chiefly British. a variant of miter.

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Mitre
[ mee-trey; Spanish mee-tre ]

noun
  1. Bar·to·lo·mé [bahr-taw-law-me], /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/, 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.

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British Dictionary definitions for mitre

mitre

US miter

/ (ˈmaɪtə) /


noun
  1. Christianity the liturgical headdress of a bishop or abbot, in most western churches consisting of a tall pointed cleft cap with two bands hanging down at the back

  2. short for mitre joint

  1. a bevelled surface of a mitre joint

  2. (in sewing) a diagonal join where the hems along two sides meet at a corner of the fabric

verb(tr)
  1. to make a mitre joint between (two pieces of material, esp wood)

  2. to make a mitre in (a fabric)

  1. to confer a mitre upon: a mitred abbot

Origin of mitre

1
C14: from Old French, from Latin mitra, from Greek mitra turban

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