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pluˈmach, pluˈmash Obs. exc. Hist.
[a. F. plumache (now only dial.) = It. piumaccio a plume or bunch of feathers; f. L. plūma feather + suffix repr. L. -aceus, -um.]
A plume. Cf. plumasse.
1494in Lett. Rich. III & Hen. VII (Rolls) I. 400 Foure balde horsses, well barded and like crestes on theyr heddys as wer on theire tentes stondyng be twen ij. great and high plumashis of whit. a1684Law Mem. (1818) 162 Plumashes above, and gramashis below, Its no wonder to see how the world doth go. 1687A. Lovell tr. Thevenot's Trav. i. 86 Having on their Heads their Caps of Silver guilt, with Plumaches of Feathers. c1689in Napier Dundee (1862) II. 11 He wore a white plumach that day. 1904A. Lang Hist. Scot. xi. 335 He was the more conspicuous as the only wearer of a white plumach. |