different between meniver vs miniver

English

Noun

meniver (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of miniver
   • 1858. Thomas Malory, La Mort D'Arthure: The History of King Arthur and of the Knights of the Round Table, page 28,

     Then came forth a likely knight, and well apparelled in scarlet, furred with meniver.

   • 1894. Leonard C. Smithers, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, H.S. Nichols & co., page 372,

     One day, as I sat in my shop, with two fur pelisses on me, one of sable and the other of meniver, for it was the season of winter and the time of the excessive cold...

Anagrams

• minever

English

Alternative forms

• meniver, menyvere

Etymology

from Old French menu vair (“squirrel, squirrel fur”), from menu (“small”) + vair (“a type of fur”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?n?v?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?m?n?v?/

Noun

miniver (countable and uncountable, plural minivers)

1. A light gray or white fur used to trim the robes of judges or state executives, also used in medieval times.

Translations

References

• miniver in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.