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Balmoral|bælˈmɒrəl|
[name of Queen Victoria's residence in Scotland.]
Used as a specific name of: a. A variety of Scotch cap. b. A kind of figured woollen petticoat. c. A kind of boot lacing in front.
1857J. E. Ritchie Night Side London 160 Smith with his Balmoral boots, Brown with his all-round collar. 1859H. J. Byron Nymph of Lurleyburg iv, Whose morals are not tight laced—oh dear, no—Though their bal-morals are extremely so. 1859Habits of Good Society iv. 177 Victoria has assumed the Balmoral petticoat. Ibid. 178 She has courageously accompanied it with the Balmoral boot. 1864F. Locker Lond. Lyrics (1876) 43, I know that when they walk in grass, she wears Balmorals. 1867F. H. Ludlow Brace of Boys 263 A skirt of garnet silk looped up over a pretty Balmoral. 1867Summer L. Goldthwaite's Life 77 Rosetted slippers instead of heavy Balmoral Boots. |