mancheron
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]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
[edit]- OED 2nd edition 1989
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Noun
[edit]mancheron m (plural mancherons)
Further reading
[edit]- “mancheron”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.