Balmoral definition

băl-môrəl, -mŏr-
A brimless Scottish cap with a flat, round top.
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A castle and associated estate in Aberdeenshire, Scotland that is a private residence of the British sovereign.
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A heavy, laced walking shoe.
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A striped or figured woolen petticoat formerly worn beneath a skirt that was looped up in front.
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A kind of laced walking shoe.
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A round, brimless Scottish cap, flat on top.
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A Scottish cap with a flat top and a plume but no brim; a bluebonnet.
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A heavy walking shoe.
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Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
balmoral
Plural:
balmorals

Origin of balmoral

  • After Balmoral Castle in northeast Scotland

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Balmoral Castle, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

    From Wiktionary

Balmoral Sentence Examples

  • It is the terminus of the Deeside railway and the station for Balmoral, 9 m.

  • The direction of striae on the underlying quartzitic rocks, particularly well seen near the Douglas colliery, Balmoral, point to an ice movement from the north-north-west to south-south-east.

  • A report by Sir James Clark led to the queen's visiting Balmoral in 1848, and to the purchase of the Balmoral estate in 1852, and the queen's diary of her journeys in Scotland shows what constant enjoyment she derived from her Highland home.

  • At Balmoral and Windsor the court lived in virtual privacy, and the queen and the prince consort saw much of their children.

  • Two days afterwards she celebrated her seventy-fifth birthday in quiet at Balmoral.

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