Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

balmoral

Pronunciation: /balˈmɒr(ə)l/
Definition of balmoral

noun

  • 1a round brimless hat with a cockade or ribbons attached, worn by certain Scottish regiments.
  • 2a heavy laced leather walking boot.

Origin:

mid 19th century (in balmoral (sense 2)): named after Balmoral Castle in Scotland

balmoral in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of balmoral in the US English dictionary
  |  Cite

Word of the day

enjambment

/ enˈjam(b)mənt /
noun
(in verse) the continuation of a sentence without a pause …