mancheron

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

French

Noun[edit]

mancheron (plural mancherons)

  1. A sleeve used as a charge in French heraldry
  2. 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

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French[edit]

Noun[edit]

mancheron m (plural mancherons)

  1. mancheron
  2. stilt

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