‖ barége
(baˈrɛʒ)
Also barege, barège.
[Fr.; from Baréges or Barrége, a village in the Hautes Pyrénées, France.]
1. A light, silky dress-fabric, resembling gauze, originally made at Baréges.
| 1828 Disraeli Voy. Capt. Popanilla xiv. 176 He had no doubt his mistress would look most charmingly in a barege. 1845 C. Ridley Lett. (1958) 192, I have got..a sort of barège for evening, which I shall make very warm by lining with silk. 1848 Mrs. Gaskell Mary Barton I. x. 191 The gay-coloured barège shawl. 1851 Times 4 Apr. 11/2 Barege shawls and silks. 1864 Linnet's Trial I. iii. iv. 258 Miss Carr wore a slate-coloured barêge. 1901 C. Morris Life on Stage (1902) 3, I had a tormenting barège veil over my face. 1927 E. Sitwell Rustic Elegies 79 On their deep barouche pillows In cashmere Alvandar, barège Isabelle. |
2. A mineral water obtained at Baréges. Hence barégin(e, a glairy organic substance found in many mineral waters after exposure to the air.
| 1811 Hooper Med. Dict., Barege waters are remarkable for a very smooth soapy feel. 1863 Watts Dict. Chem. I. 500 Baregin is in the moist state a transparent, gelatinous, nearly colourless substance..When dried, it forms a horny mass. |