mancheron
English
Etymology
Noun
mancheron (plural mancherons)
- A sleeve used as a charge in French heraldry
- An ornamental trimming on the upper part of a sleeve
- 1824 January, La Belle Assemblée, volume 29, Fashions, page 29:
- No.1—Walking Dress...The mancherons are beautifully formed of double rows of pointed straps and finished next the arm with vandykes reversed.
References
- OED 2nd edition 1989
Anagrams
French
Further reading
- “mancheron”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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