† marechal Obs.
In 7 marshal, 8 marechelle, mareschal, 8–9 marechale, -chall, -châle.
[App. some kind of application of F. maréchal marshal, or maréchale marshal's wife. But cf. Sp. marcial an aromatic powder.]
a. A scent or perfume. b. A hair powder scented with this. Also attrib.
| 1676 Shadwell Virtuoso iii. 55, I have..Frangipand, Neroly, Tuberose, Jessimine, and Marshal. 1687 Sedley Bellamira i. 2, I gave her but a dozen pair of Marshal Gloves. Ibid. 6 Her Gloves right Marshal. 1778 Sheridan Camp ii. iii, Battle-powder mixed with marechelle. 1782 [T. Vaughan] Fashionable Follies I. lxxxix. 136 She could not bear the smell of marechale powder. 1788 A. Seward Lett. (1811) II. 91 [A wig] powdered with marechall. 1790 Trans. Soc. Arts VIII. 218 Powdered, they [the leaves of Cinnamon] are a good aromatic species, or mareschal perfume. 1820 Hermit in London V. 35 Marechale powder, pomatum and perfume. 1852 Mundy Our Antipodes (1857) 129 White, brown, and whity-brown subjects, in..silks and satins, mats and blankets, shark's oil and marechâle. 1863 Mrs. Gaskell How First Floor went to Crowley Castle in All Year Round Extra Christmas No., 3 Dec. 16/2 Her hair delicately powdered and scented with maréchale. 1905 Smart Set Sept. 113/1 Liszt was interpreted as ylang-ylang, myrrh, and maréchale. |