Definition of Vair
Pronunciation:
vâr
n.
1.
The
skin
of
the
squirrel
,
much
used
in
the
fourteenth
century
as
fur
for
garments
,
and
frequently
mentioned
by
writers
of
that
period
in
describing
the
costly
dresses
of
kings
,
nobles
,
and
prelates
.
It
is
represented
in
heraldry
by
a
series
of
small
shields
placed
close
together
,
and
alternately
white
and
blue
.
No
vair
or
ermine
decked
his
garment
.
- Sir W. Scott.
Counter vair
(Her.)
a
fur
resembling
vair
,
except
in
the
arrangement
of
the
patches
or
figures
.
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