noun continuance; duration. ·see endurance.
2. durance ·noun imprisonment; restraint of the person; custody by a jailer; duress. shak.
3. durance ·noun in modern manufacture, a worsted of one color used for window blinds and similar purposes.
4. durance ·noun a stout cloth stuff, formerly made in imitation of buff leather and used for garments; a sort of tammy or everlasting.