Ramilie

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Applied to various 18th-century fashions or articles of dress, especially a form of cocked hat, and a wig with a long plaited tail.

Word forms

Ramilie Ramillie

Etymology

Named in honour of Marlborough's victory over the French at Ramillies in Belgium in 1706.

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