colmar
(ˈkɒlmə(r))
[Name of a town in Alsace.]
1. A variety of pear.
| 1741 Compl. Fam. Piece ii. iii. 352. |
2. [perhaps of different origin.] A kind of fan, fashionable in Queen Anne's time.
| 1727 Pope, &c. Art Sinking 94 The bride..with an air divine her Colmar ply'd. 1729 Art of Politicks 10 Toupet, and Tompion..Colmar Hereafter will be called by some plain man A Wig, a Watch..a Fan. |