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Rhinegrave|ˈraɪngreɪv|
Also 6 Rin-, 7–9 Rhingrave.
[a. MDu. Rijngrave (mod. -graaf), G. Rheingraf: see Rhine3 and grave n.4]
1. A count whose domain borders on the river Rhine. Hence ˈRhinegravess, ˈRhinegravine (= Du. Rijngravin, G. Rheingräfin).
1548T. Fisher in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. iii. III. 293 Monsieur Dessie..sending for the Ringrave to mete him with his band. 1676Lond. Gaz. No. 1114/3 The Rhingrave is slightly wounded in the Cheek. 1762tr. Busching's Syst. Geogr. V. 504 Juliana,..Wildgravess and Rhinegravess of Grumbach. 1821Jefferson Autobiog. Writ. 1892 I. 106 The States had appointed the Rhingrave of Salm their Commander-in-chief. 1894Rhinegravine [see Palsgravine].
2. [through F. rhingrave.] = petticoat breeches s.v. petticoat n. (a.) 9.
1885H. A. Dillon Fairholt's Costume in Eng. (ed. 3) II. 349 Ringrave or Rhingrave, full breeches, with bunches of ribands at the knee. Molière, in the ‘Bourgeois Gentilhomme’, mentions them. 1934Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Oct. 728/2 The word ‘skirt’ can then be kept for the rhinegrave or petticoat breeches of the Restoration. 1960C. W. Cunnington et al. Dict. Eng. Costume 162/2 Rhinegraves,..immensely wide in the leg and pleated or gathered on to a waistband, falling like a divided skirt to the knees or just above. |