Lexicographical Neighbors of Simarre
Literary usage of Simarre
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Costume: Fanciful, Historical, and Theatrical by Mrs. Eliza Davis Aria, Eliza Aria, Percy Anderson (1906)
"This simarre was sometimes made open from neck to hem, and held together at the
top by a square brooch ; and the sleeves were of two varieties, either quite ..."
2. Hours in My Garden, and Other Nature-sketches. by Alexander Hay Japp (1893)
"... because they are really winged, or perhaps because the seed in its envelope
has a soft furry, silky lining, either from simarre, a woman's dress or ..."
3. Scott's Ivanhoe: A Romance by Walter Scott (1906)
"... each arranged in its own little spiral of twisted curls, fell down upon as
much of a lovely neck and bosom as a simarre of the richest Persian silk, ..."
4. Ivanhoe by Walter Scott (1908)
"... each arranged in its own little spiral of twisted curls, fell down upon as
much of a lovely neck and bosom as a simarre of the richest Persian silk, ..."
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