Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A Scottish cap with a flat top and a plume but no brim; a bluebonnet
- n. A heavy walking shoe
Etymologies
- From Balmoral Castle, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“(Tip of the balmoral to Elizabeth Murphy via CTNGreg) posted by John at 7: 47 PM”
“This cant be mistaken for the Civilian version which is called a Balmoral and is manufactured in black or blue cloth, Officers & Senior NCOS also use a privately purchased military version of the balmoral cap for everyday use.”
“[A tip of the balmoral to The Western Confucian.] posted by John at 4: 33 PM”
“Several people told me how great I looked yesterday - I wore my balmoral (the scottish version of a beret), my cream-coloured lace-up shirt with gathered sleeves and thistle buttons, my green/blue plaid kilt skirt, sporran, belt, cream hose, and black shoes.”
“Honey, dem old balmoral petticoats was some sight, but dey was sho warm as hell.”
“This officer, with a balmoral as a head-dress and armed with a rifle and bayonet, escaped in the dark by his resemblance to a Turk and by his bayoneting one of the enemy.”
The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918
“Wore brass toed shoes and balmoral stockin's in my gal time.”
“Wintertime, I wore a balmoral petticoat, osnaburg drawers, and er-r-r.”
“For underwear, we wore balmoral petticoats and osnaburg drawers.”
“In a trice she had whipped off her scarlet balmoral, the balmoral she hated so, and had attached to it one end of the hundred feet of rope she had brought from the house.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘balmoral’.
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names of hats
liripipe, cowl, capuchon, liripipium, snood, bonnet, toque, turban, poke, toboggan-cap, crown, fedora and 72 more...
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Balmy
balm, balmy, embalm, lemon balm, horse balm, bee balm, balmacaan, balmoral, Balmoral, balm of gilead, balm of Gilead, bastard balm and 46 more...
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Hats Off!
trilby, porkpie, panama, fedora, pillbox, stovepipe, turban, boater, ball cap, pastorella, beret, bowler and 219 more...
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...:::bella:::...
originally started as an attempt to collect words I found visually and auditorially beautiful, as well as psychically evocative, this has become nothing more than a grab bag of word curiosities, a ...
bergamot, jambalaya, bee's knees, heliotrope, hosanna, gamboge, aureole, filial, madrigal, multilingual, sacrosanct, sojourn and 1072 more...
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Words Covered in Faery Dust (B)
words that evoke magic, mystery, mayhem, magnificence or anything else that glimmers in the grass
balcony, bailey, baguette, bairn, balalaika, baldric, balefire, baby's breath, ballet, balm of gilead, balsam, baluster and 188 more...
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fashionista collection
chunky bangle, cinch belt, killer heels, floor-length gown, tankini, fashionista, hessian, cardie, apparel, veil, astrakhan, mullet haircut and 18 more...
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Textiles
A list from the 1911 edition of "Words: Their Spelling, Pronunciation, Definition, Application" by the Gregg Publishing Company.
aigrette, a la mode, Amazon, applique, armure, baize, balbriggan, balmoral, batiste, bedticking, bobbinet, buckram and 88 more...
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