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What (who) is miniver - definition
UNSPOTTED WHITE FUR FROM ERMINE OR THE WINTER COATS OF RED SQUIRRELS
miniver
['m?n?v?]
¦ noun white fur used for lining or trimming clothes.
Origin
ME: from OFr. menu vair 'little vair' (see vair).
Miniver
·noun A fur esteemed in the Middle Ages as a part of costume. It is uncertain whether it was the fur of one animal only or of different animals.
Miniver
Miniver, an unspotted white fur edged with grey, derives from the winter coat of the red squirrel. Miniver differs from ermine (stoat) fur in that it does not include the distinctive black tails of the stoat but is formed of distinctive grey edged panels cut from the complete fur and framing the white belly.
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Miniver
Miniver, an unspotted white fur edged with grey, derives from the winter coat of the red squirrel. Miniver differs from ermine (stoat) fur in that it does not include the distinctive black tails of the stoat but is formed of distinctive grey edged panels cut from the complete fur and framing the white belly. From a red squirrel, which has a greyish-white winter coat with a white underside, miniver gros, or vair, is the whole fur, including the grey, and miniver pure retains only the white part. The heraldic fur, vair, translates the grey into blue, and alternates back and belly.
Examples of use of miniver
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