BIRRUS

Meaning of BIRRUS in English

/bir"euhs/ , n. , pl. birri /bir"uy/ .

a hooded cloak of coarse wool, a common article of apparel in the later Roman Empire.

Also, byrrus .

[ birros short ( > Welsh byrr, MIr berr ); for sense cf. SHIRT ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

BIRRUS — noun or byr·rus ˈbirəs ( plural bir·ri or byr·ri -(ˌ)rē, -ˌrī) Etymology: Late Latin — more at biretta : a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BIRRUS — (n.) A coarse kind of thick woolen cloth, worn by the poor in the Middle Ages; also, a woolen cap …
Английский словарь Webster
BIRRUS — ( n. ) A coarse kind of thick woolen cloth, worn by the poor in the Middle Ages; also, a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BIRRUS — noun a coarse kind of thick woolen cloth, worn by the poor in the middle ages; also, a woolen cap …
Webster English vocab
BIRETTA — noun Etymology: Italian berretta, from Old Occitan berret cap, from Medieval Latin birretum, from Late Latin birrus cloak with a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BYRRUS — variant of birrus
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BURNOUS — noun or bur·noose (ˌ)bərˈnüs, ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ( plural burnouses or burnooses ) Etymology: French burnous, from Arabic burnus, from Greek birros …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BIRETTA — noun also ber·ret·ta or be·ret·ta bə̇ˈred.ə, -etə ( -s ) Etymology: Italian berretta, berretto, from Old Provençal berret cap, irregular …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BYRRUS — /bir"euhs/ , n. , pl. byrri /bir"uy/ . birrus.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BURNOOSE — — burnoosed, burnoused , adj. /beuhr noohs", berr"noohs/ , n. 1. a hooded mantle or cloak, as that worn by …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BIRETTA — /beuh ret"euh/ , n. a stiff square cap with three or four upright projecting pieces extending from the center of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BIRETTA — noun Etymology: Italian berretta, from Old Occitan berret cap, from Medieval Latin birretum, from Late Latin birrus cloak with a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BIRETTA — [ bɪ'rɛtə ] ■ noun a square cap with three flat projections on top, worn by Roman Catholic clergymen. Origin …
Concise Oxford English vocab
BERET — [ 'bɛreɪ , -ri ] ■ noun a round flattish cap of felt or cloth. Origin C19: from Fr. béret …
Concise Oxford English vocab
BIRETTA — [bi.ret.ta] n [It berretta, fr. OProv berret cap, fr. ML birretum, fr. LL birrus cloak with a hood, perh. of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BIRETTA — / bɪˈretə; NAmE / noun a square cap worn by Roman Catholic priests •• WORD ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BERET — / ˈbereɪ; NAmE bəˈreɪ/ noun a round flat cap made out of soft cloth and with a tight band around …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BIRETTA — n. a square usu. black cap with three flat projections on top, worn by (esp. Roman Catholic) clergymen. [It. berretta …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BIRETTA — n. a square usu. black cap with three flat projections on top, worn by (esp. Roman Catholic) clergymen. [ It. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BIRETTA — n. a square usu. black cap with three flat projections on top, worn by (esp. Roman Catholic) clergymen. Etymology: It. …
Oxford English vocab

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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