Crossword clues for lavaliere
The Collaborative International Dictionary
lavaliere \la`va`liere"\, lavallier \la`val`lier"\, or La
valliere \La val`liere"\, n. [after the Duchesse de La Valliere,
a mistress of Louis XI.
--RHUD.]
A neck ornament consisting of a chain and single jewelled
pendant, or drop; also, the pendant itself.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
see lavalier.
Wiktionary
a. Worn on the chest. alt. Worn on the chest. n. A pendant on a chain.
WordNet
n. jewelled pendant worn on a chain around the neck [syn: lavalier, lavalliere]
Usage examples of "lavaliere".
Like all the civilians who had to deal with the barbs, Slats wore a lavaliere that turned the gabble from his own triangular mouth into words the person he was talking to could understand.
The troopers didn't have lavalieres to translate for them, but they'd had a lot of experience getting ideas across to barbs.
The lavaliere wouldn't translate a snarl, but it wasn't hard to figure there should've been one.
His words came eerily to Froggie's ears through the administrator's translator and directly to Froggie's mind, he guessed because of the lavaliere he'd taken from the barb.
He wore the same red robe he had been wearing when she last saw him, a lavaliere mike pinned to it, and he was beautiful.
He looked at jewelry from Minneapolis and selected a lavaliere and earrings for Polly: fiery black opals rimmed with discreet diamonds.