Definitions For Mousquetaire

Noun

MOUSQUETAIRE (plural MOUSQUETAIREs) (historical) A musketeer, especially one of the French royal musketeers of the 17th and 18th centuries, famed for their daring and their fine clothing. A mousquetaire cuff or mousquetaire glove, or other article of dress imagined to resemble those worn by the French mosquetaires. (historical) A woman's cloak trimmed with ribbons, with large buttons, fashionable in the mid-19th century. (historical) A broad turnover linen collar worn in the mid-19th century.

Derived terms

{{col-auto, en, mousquetaire cuff, mousquetaire glove}}

Etymology

{{bor+, en, frm, mousquetaire}}. {{doublet, en, musketeer}}.