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noun

Balmoral n.

A long woolen petticoat, worn immediately under the dress.

A kind of stout walking shoe, laced in front. "A man who uses his balmorals to tread on your toes."

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Etymology of 'Balmoral'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Balmoral" Quotes from Famous Books

... conditions of life and of luxury, the propriety of the substance, and the needs of the wearer. A lady who is to tread a velvet carpet or a parqueted floor does not need a wooden shoe; she needs a satin slipper or boot. Yet in the modern drawing-room we sometimes see a young lady dancing in a heavy Balmoral boot which is only fitted for the bogs and heather of a Scotch tramp. The presence of a short dress in a drawing-room, or of a long train in the street, is part of the general ...

— Manners and Social Usages • Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood

Words linked to "Balmoral" : bluebonnet, shoe, Balmoral Castle, cap