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‖ toison d'or|twazɔ̃ dɔr|
Also 7 toyson d'ore.
[F., = fleece of gold; toison:—L. tonsiōn-em shearing (i.e. of a sheep), or:—L. aurum gold.]
a. The Golden Fleece: see golden a. 1; also fig.
b. Her. The figure of this, giving name to an order of knighthood (see fleece n. 1 c), and afterwards borne by certain families.
1623Lisle ælfric on O. & N. Test. Ded. xxii, Yea Weathers furr'd with her own Toyson d'Ore. 1704J. Harris Lex. Techn. I, Toison d'Or (French), the Term in Heraldry for a golden Fleece, which is sometimes born in a Coat of Arms. 1854Thackeray Newcomes xxviii, She had done everything for Jason; she had got him the toison d'or from the Queen Mother. |