Albert
(ˈælbət)
Also in full Albert chain.
[named after Prince Albert, the Consort of Queen Victoria.]
1. A kind of watch-chain.
| 1861 Daily Rev. (Edinburgh) 16 Dec. 4/5 (Advt.), Rings, Eardrops, Albert and Guard Chains. 1865 Dickens Let. 22 Apr. (1880) II. 228 What's an Albert chain? 1883 Daily News 5 Feb. 3/4 Stealing..a silver watch and Albert chain. Mod. Advt. Lost, a gold albert with two seals. 1922 Joyce Ulysses 431 Wearing gent's sterling silver waterbury keyless watch and double curb Albert with seal attached. |
2. Albert Medal, a medal awarded since 1866 for ‘gallantry in saving life at sea or on land’. Abbrev. A.M. (see A III).
| 1866 Times 16 June 7/4 The Queen has conferred the decoration of the Albert Medal on Samuel Popplestone. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 340/1 The Albert Medal..consisting of two classes. |
3. A size of writing paper.
| 1859 Stationers' Hand-bk. & Guide Paper Trade (ed. 2) ii. 71 Albert, a fancy note paper, of any sort, 37/8 by 6 inches, produced from foolscap 8vo. 1876 Stationer's Price & Cost Book 3 Albert Note..is the 8vo of Fcap., 37/8 by 6 inches, and it may be had at any price, according to the quality of paper from which it is cut. c 1912 Paper Terminol. (Spalding & Hodge) ii. 1 Albert, a standard size of note paper. Ibid. 18 Albert, about 37/8 × 6. 1954 Ibid. 11 Albert, a standard size of..notepaper 6 × 4 in. |