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Nivernois|nivɛrnwa| [f. the title of Louis Jules Mancini Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais or Nivernois (1716–98), f. Nivernais, Nivernois, a former province of central France.] A tricorn hat with a wide brim, fashionable in the late eighteenth century. Also attrib.
1765in Cunnington & Beard Dict. Eng. Costume (1960) 147/1 He wears this large umbrella-like hat. This is the Nivernois. 1766C. Anstey New Bath Guide x. 68 What with my Nivernois' Hat can compare? 1770E. P. Art of Dressing Hair 8 For they to shining Balls the Camp prefer'd, Nor e'er of Powder and Pomatum heard, Of silken Suits, or Nivernois genteel. 1960Cunnington & Beard Dict. Eng. Costume 147/1 Nivernois hat, a tricorne hat with broad spreading brim rolled over a flat crown; known as the ‘Nivernois cock’. 1969R. T. Wilcox Dict. Costume (1970) 248/1 Nivernois, a diminutive tricorne worn by the English Macaronies with the cadogan wig in in the 1770's. |