French crown
/frɛn(t)ʃ ˈkraʊn/Now historical
noun
1An English name for: the écu, a French gold coin of the 15th and 16th centuries, with a value of four English shillings.
- The name continued to be used of the silver écu of the late 16th cent., which retained the same denominational value..
2Used punningly: the baldness caused by syphilis.
Origin
Mid 16th century; earliest use found in Nicholas Udall (1504–1556), schoolmaster and playwright. From French + crown, so called to distinguish it from the coin of the same name minted in England.
- well-gowned
- well-graced
- well graded
- well grass
- well-grassed
- well grate
- well-gravelled
- well-greaved
- well grinded
- well groomed
- well-ground
- well grounded
- well-grown
- well-guarded
- well-guided
- well guiding
- well-hained
- well-haired
- well-hallowed
- well-hammered
- well-handed
- well-handled
- well-hardened
- well-harnessed
- well-havened