Ramilie

English

Etymology

Named in honour of Marlborough's victory over the French at Ramillies in Belgium in 1706.

Proper noun

Ramilie

1. (attributive, historical) Applied to various 18th-century fashions or articles of dress, especially a form of cocked hat, and a wig with a long plaited tail.
   • 1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon, 1st US edition, New York: Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN, part One: Latitudes and Departures, page 227:

     From an inner pocket he produces a costly Ramillies Wig, shakes it out in a brisk Cloud of scented Litharge, and claps it on, with a minimum of fuss, over his ascetic’s Crop.

Alternative forms

• Ramillie

Anagrams

• air mile