Wiktionary
n. (context dated English) black garments worn by widows in mourning
WordNet
n. a black garment (dress) worn by a widow as a sign of mourning [syn: weeds]
Wikipedia
Widow's Weeds is the first full-length album by the Norwegian Gothic metal band Tristania.
Widow's weeds can refer to:
- Widow's Weeds, an album by the Norwegian gothic metal band Tristania
- Clothes worn by a widow during a period of mourning for her spouse (from the Old English "Waed" meaning "garment")
Usage examples of "widow's weeds".
Very early one morning we were awakened by a bustling presence in the yard, and found our camp had been surprised by a tall, lean old native lady, dressed in what were obviously widow's weeds.
She was dressed in something so dark and drab it might have been widow's weeds.
She had no proper widow's weeds, so instead she put on her finest gown—.
Jehana ducked her head deeper into the shadow of her light cloak-worn for anonymity rather than any need for warmth, for it was already uncomfortably warm in the widow's weeds she wore-and continued on through the yard, consciously trying to shut off the psychic input.
Her skin was as dry and lifeless as the petals of a pressed flower, her mouth had set determinedly against her grief and her widow's weeds had doubled her age.
If she had crawled humbly off in a corner, wrapped in her widow's weeds, they might have forgiven her in time.
A rider, her black skirts tucked up around her waist so she could ride hard and fast, a crazy, magnificent horsewoman in widow's weeds.
Never being touched again was the greatest sacrifice of widow's weeds.
Five chorus girls in widow's weeds stood weeping at the grave, pressing black handkerchiefs to their sobbing mouths.
Longarm now noticed that she was wearing black widow's weeds and that she moved nicely, edging around the potbellied stove in the center of the car.
If Lan saw her in that, he would not gabble that his love for her was hopeless and that he would not give her widow's weeds for a bridal gift.