fox-furn.
The fur of the fox, used to face gowns; hence, a gown trimmed with fox-fur.
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1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie ii. vii. sig. F3 Let him but in iudgements sight vncase, He's naught but budge, old gards, browne foxe-fur face.
a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry IV lxxxvii, in Poems (1878) IV. 22 The Alderman has won his Fox-furre here.
1876 ‘Ouida’ In Winter City vii. 183 The dying daylight on the silver fox-furs.
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