Word Meanings - GAMBISON - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A defensive garment formerly in use for the body, made of cloth stuffed and quilted. (more info) of German origin: cf. MHG. wambeis, G. wams doublet, fr. OHG. wamba,
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- GERMAN
1. A native or one of the people of Germany. 2. The German language. A round dance, often with a waltz movement, abounding in capriciosly involved figures. A social party at which the german is danced. High German, the Teutonic dialect of Upper - GERMANIC
1. Of or pertaining to Germany; as, the Germanic confederacy. 2. Teutonic. - FORMERLY
In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore. - GARMENT
Any article of clothing, as a coat, a gown, etc. No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto old garment. Matt. ix. 16. - QUILTER
One who, or that which, quilts. - GERMANIZATION
The act of Germanizing. M. Arnold. - DOUBLETHREADED
Having two screw threads instead of one; -- said of a screw in which the pitch is equal to twice the distance between the centers of adjacent threads. (more info) 1. Consisting of two threads twisted together; using two threads. - ORIGINABLE
Capable of being originated. - CLOTHESLINE
A rope or wire on which clothes are hung to dry. - DEFENSIVELY
On the defensive. - ORIGINATION
1. The act or process of bringing or coming into existence; first production. "The origination of the universe." Keill. What comes from spirit is a spontaneous origination. Hickok. 2. Mode of production, or bringing into being. This eruca - ORIGINANT
Originating; original. An absolutely originant act of self will. Prof. Shedd. - ORIGINATOR
One who originates. - STUFFING
Any seasoning preparation used to stuff meat; especially, a composition of bread, condiments, spices, etc.; forcemeat; dressing. 3. A mixture of oil and tallow used in softening and dressing leather. Stuffing box, a device for rendering a joint - DOUBLET
A word or words unintentionally doubled or set up a second time. 3. A close-fitting garment for men, covering the body from the neck to the waist or a little below. It was worn in Western Europe from the 15th to the 17th century. (more info) 1. - GARMENTURE
Clothing; dress. - DOUBLETREE
The bar, or crosspiece, of a carriage, to which the singletrees are attached. - GERMANISM
1. An idiom of the German language. 2. A characteristic of the Germans; a characteristic German mode, doctrine, etc.; rationalism. J. W. Alexander. - GERMANE
Literally, near akin; hence, closely allied; appropriate or fitting; relevant. The phrase would be more germane to the matter. Shak. must be germane. Barclay . - CLOTHESHORSE
A frame to hang clothes on. - SAILCLOTH
Duck or canvas used in making sails. - BEDCLOTHES
Blankets, sheets, coverlets, etc., for a bed. Shak. - ABORIGINALLY
Primarily. - HEARSECLOTH
A cloth for covering a coffin when on a bier; a pall. Bp. Sanderson. - WOLLASTON'S DOUBLET
A magnifying glass consisting of two plano-convex lenses. It is designed to correct spherical aberration and chromatic dispersion. - BREECHCLOTH
A cloth worn around the breech. - NECKCLOTH
A piece of any fabric worn around the neck. - BROADCLOTH
A fine smooth-faced woolen cloth for men's garments, usually of double width ; -- so called in distinction from woolens three quarters of a yard wide. - UNCLOTHED
Divested or stripped of clothing. Byron. 2. Etym: (more info) 1. Etym: - BEDQUILT
A quilt for a bed; a coverlet. - INDEFENSIVE
Defenseless. The sword awes the indefensive villager. Sir T. Herbert. - CARBORUNDUM CLOTH; CARBORUNDUM PAPER
Cloth or paper covered with powdered carborundum. - SADDLECLOTH
A cloth under a saddle, and extending out behind; a housing.