Balmoraln.
/balˈmɒrəl/, /balˈmɒrl̩/, U.S. /bælˈmɔrəl/ 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.
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1857 J. E. Ritchie Night Side of London 160 Smith with his Balmoral boots, Brown with his all-round collar.
1859 H. J. Byron Nymph of Lurleyburg iv Whose morals are not tight laced—oh dear, no—Though their bal-morals are extremely so.
1859 Habits Good Society iv. 177 Victoria has assumed the Balmoral petticoat.
1859 Habits Good Society iv. 178 She has courageously accompanied it with the Balmoral boot.
1864 F. Locker London Lyrics (1876) 43 I know that when they walk in grass, she wears Balmorals.
1867 F. H. Ludlow Brace of Boys 263 A skirt of garnet silk looped up over a pretty Balmoral.
1867 Summer L. Goldthwaite's Life 77 Rosetted slippers instead of heavy Balmoral Boots.
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