English Explanatory Dictionary

witzchoura

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A woman's fur-lined cloak, mantle, or pelisse with large sleeves, worn during the early 19th century.

Pronunciation

/vɪtˈʃʊəɹə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-witzchoura.wav /vɪtˈʃʊɚɹə/

Word forms

witzchoura witzchouras witchoura witz-choura

Etymology

PIE word *wĺ̥kʷos Borrowed from French witzchoura (obsolete), vitchoura (“witzchoura”), from Polish wilczura (“(archaic) wolfskin”), from wilczy (“wolf-like, lupine”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos (“wolf”)) + -ura (suffix forming feminine nouns).

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