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Definition of Fannel
1. n. Same as Fanon.
Definition of Fannel
1. Noun. fanon (religious garment) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fannel
1. a strip of material worn on a priest's arm [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fannel
Literary usage of Fannel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of the Cleveland Dialect: Explanatory, Derivative, and Critical by John Christopher Atkinson (1868)
"As lately as fifteen or sixteen years since long strings of mules or ponies, each
laden with a long sack of coals, slung over a fannel, used to thread their ..."
2. Curiosities of Literature by Isaac Disraeli (1834)
"... they mingled sentiment with sentiment, and their days were as closely interwoven
as their verses. Metastasio and fannel'u were born about the same time, ..."
3. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1889)
"fannel. A fanon. Davies'Rites, p. 16. FANOM-WATER. The acrimonious discharge from
the sores of cattle. Wane. FANON. A priest's maniple. ..."
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