vair
Meanings
noun
- A type of fur from a squirrel with a grey back and white belly, much used on garments in the Middle Ages.
- An heraldic fur formed by a regular tessellation of bell shapes in two colours, (for example in the image, blue and white).
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Etymology
From Middle English veir, veire, from Old French vair, veir, from the accusative singular masculine form of Latin varius (“variegated”). Not related to Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“squirrel”).
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