buffant

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Noun[edit]

buffant (plural buffants)

  1. Synonym of buffont
    • 1854, The Court Journal: Gazette of the Fashionable World, Literature, Music, and the Fine Arts, page 198:
      Bodice and train of rich white glace silk, tastefully trimmed with buffants of tulle and bouquets of variegated venustus; [...]
    • 1922, Hugh Chisholm, Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information, page 243:
      Skirts took a moderate size and even court hoops were but panniers hung on either side of the hips. Short jackets with close half-sleeves were worn with the neck and breast covered with a cambric buffant [...]