cymar

British  

/ sɪˈmɑː /

noun

1. a woman's short fur-trimmed jacket, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries

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Etymology

Origin of cymar

C17: variant of simar, from French simarre, perhaps ultimately from Basque zamar sheepskin

Example Sentences

A sea-green cymar with short sleeves, displayed her exquisitely moulded arms to perfection, and was fastened by a girdle of emeralds over a yellow satin frock.

From Burlesques by Thackeray, William Makepeace

She gazes still, as a maiden will,   On that beauteous eastern star: You might see the throb of her bosom’s sob   Beneath the white cymar!

From The Bon Gaultier Ballads by Doyle, Richard

To make matters still worse, she had chosen a vest or cymar of a pale green silk, which gave her, on the whole, a ghastly and even spectral appearance.

From Quentin Durward by Scott, Walter, Sir

The cymar was knotted round her bosom with a modest girdle, and left bare two arms prettily moulded, on which shone bracelets of gold, fantastically wrought.

From Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico by Bird, Robert Montgomery

Let us believe her the habitant of some bright planet, such as she pointed out to us in the Bay of Naples--a seraph with a golden lyre--and shrouded in a white cymar!

From A Love Story by A Bushman