ermine - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • call: In the forests of Northern Europe lives a small animal called an ermine.
  • wear: She was wearing a loose, ermine trimmed, gray damask robe over a red underskirt.

Adjective modifier

  • white: The white ermine is meant to be symbolic of chastity.
  • royal: The background of royal ermine, the red stag's head and the green chief symbolize the Royal Forest.
  • chief: Glasier of Chester Arms: Azure, three pheons Argent, a chief Ermine.

Modifies a noun

  • robe: A single glass case in which the crown and purple ermine robe of the king were displayed was set center stage at the opening.
  • spot: Its appearance is a white field with a regular pattern or semy of ermine spots.
  • lion: The ermine lion is derived from the Gresley ' s crest.
  • cinquefoil: The black chief, with the ermine cinquefoil, from the arms of the County Council, represents the Leicestershire coalfield.
  • tail: Azure three crescents or with an ermine tail on each.
  • fur: The Mayor wears a scarlet wool robe, lined in silk, with black velvet facings and an ermine fur edging.

Noun used with modifier

  • canton: He beares to his armes " sable 3 bells argent a canton ermine " .

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