mourning border
noun
A black border on notepaper, envelopes, etc., used in periods of mourning, especially in notifications of deaths, funerals, etc.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Wilkie Collins (1824–1889), writer.
- North Tonawanda
- Northumb.
- Northumberland
- Northumberland Strait
- Northumbria
- Northumbrian
- Northumbrianism
- northupite
- North Vietnam
- northward
- northwardly
- northwards
- North West
- Northwest Angle
- northwester
- north-westerly
- north-western
- northwesterner
- northwesternmost
- North-West Frontier Province
- North-West Passage
- Northwest Territories
- Northwest Territory
- north-westward
- north-westwardly