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sanglier

[ sang-lee-er ]

noun

  1. a closely woven fabric made of mohair or worsted, constructed in plain weave, and finished to simulate the coat of a boar.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of sanglier1

1350–1400; < Middle French ≪ Late Latin ²õ¾±²Ô²µ³Ü±ôÄå°ù¾±²õ ( porcus ) solitary (pig or boar); replacing Middle English singlere < Old French sengler < Latin, as above
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Thus we have Garter, Norroy and Clarenceux, March, Lancaster, Windsor, Leicester, Leopard, Falcon and Blanc Sanglier as officers attached to the royal house; Chandos, the herald of the great Sir John Chandos; Vert Eagle of the Nevill earls of Salisbury, Esperance and Crescent of the Percys of Northumberland.

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In Estremadura the favourite chasse au sanglier is still with horse and hound.

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Recall a Christmas dinner in the Villa Sanglier by the Belgian Sea, a certain moonlit midnight in the Grand' Place of an ancient, famous city, and above all, the stir and ardors of the Masked Ball at Vieux Bruges.—Haec olim meminisse juvabit!

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To-day, as in the days of the royal hunt, when Chambord was but a shooting-box of the87 Counts of Blois, the Sologne is rife with small game, and even deer and an occasional sanglier.

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I should have but a hound's office if I had to tear the tabard from every Rouge Sanglier of the arts—with bell and bauble to back him.

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