† pluˈmasse Obs. rare.
[a. obs. F. plumasse (1505) a great plume, f. plume plume + augment. suffix -asse:—L. -ācea, adj. suffix.]
= plumach.
| 1494 in Lett. Rich. III & Hen. VII (Rolls) I. 396 Therll of Suffolkes..crest..was a lion of gold, the taille fourched, sett in maner of a curnalles with plumasses whit and grene. |