angusticlave
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin angustus (“narrow”) and clavus (“nail, stripe”).
Noun[edit]
angusticlave (plural angusticlaves)
- (historical) In Ancient Rome, a narrow stripe of purple worn by the equites on each side of the tunic as a sign of rank
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French[edit]
Noun[edit]
angusticlave m (plural angusticlaves)
Further reading[edit]
- “angusticlave”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.