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† ˈflandan Obs.
[Of unknown origin; some of the quots. suggest that it was supposed to be originally a term of fortification.]
A part of a lady's head-dress (see quots.).
1690Evelyn Mundus Muliebris 6 Monté la haut, and Palisade, Sorti, Flandan..Burgoigne, Jardiné, Cornett. ― Fop-Dict. 18 Flandan, a kind of Pinner joyning with the Bonnet. a1693Urquhart Rabelais iii. xlvi. 375 Great Ladies..with their Flandan, Top-knots and Sultana's. 1694N. H. Ladies Dict. 10 s.v. Apparel, A Flandan is a kind of Pinner join'd with a Cornet. Ibid. 425 s.v. Top-knots, Will it not be convenient to attack your Flandan first, says the Maid? More Anger yet? still Military Terms? |