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Definition of Minever
1. n. Same as Miniver.
Definition of Minever
1. Noun. (alternative form of miniver) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Minever
1. a fur coat [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Minever
Literary usage of Minever
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1845)
"His glory shall not cease, though cloth of gold Wrap him no more, for not of
golden cloth, Nor fur, nor minever, his greatness came, Whose fortunes were ..."
2. A Book about Lawyersby John Cordy Jeaffreson by John Cordy Jeaffreson (1867)
"... another fur with seven tires of minever, and two furs of silk." In the
twenty-first year of Edward III. the judges of the three Common Law Courts " were ..."
3. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines by Andrew Ure (1858)
"<fec, In England at the coronation of the sovereign, the minever, as the ermine
is styled in heraldic language, is used, being powdered, that is studded ..."
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