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† mahoitre Obs.
[ad. OF. mahustre, -hoitre, -heutre.]
A padding placed in the upper part of the sleeve of a garment for the purpose of increasing the apparent breadth of the shoulders.
1834J. R. Planché Brit. Costume 201 The shoulders were padded out with large waddings called mahoitres. 1860Fairholt Costume (ed. 2) Gloss., Mahoitre,..the wadded and upraised shoulders in fashion during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. |