Crossword clues for lorimer
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lorimer \Lor"i*mer\, Loriner \Lor"i*ner\, n. [OF. lormier,
loremier, fr. LL. loranum bridle, L. lorum thong, the rein of
a bridle.]
A maker of bits, spurs, and metal mounting for bridles and
saddles; hence, a saddler. [Obs.]
--Holinshed.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1200 (mid-12c. as surname), "maker of bits for bridles and saddles, worker in small ironware," from Old French loremier "saddler, harness-maker, military leatherworker" (Modern French lormier), from loraim, from Latin lorum "strap, thong, rein of a bridle," from PIE root *wel- (3) "to turn" (see volvox).
Wiktionary
n. (context obsolete English) A person who makes the bits and other metal parts of a horse's bridle, and other small metal pieces
Wikipedia
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Usage examples of "lorimer".
Miss Lorimer, as I recall, you were the one who imposed yourself on me.
At the same time, there was a baser side to him that took satisfaction in seeing Miss Tessa Lorimer brought down a peg or two.
Uncle Lorimer advising him that she and Robbie were eloping to Scotland.
Cursing his own carelessness, and cursing Tessa Lorimer for putting them all in danger, he wheeled his mount to go after her.
The only thing that Tessa Lorimer submitted to was a strong hand and a will that was greater than her own.
There was one other girl, Tessa Lorimer, who might or might not have been a witness to the drowning, but so far he had been unable to trace her.
They had only one lead, and that was Tessa Lorimer, and she seemed to have disappeared off the face of the earth.
Norfolk to renew my acquaintance with Admiral Lorimer, the only Lorimer I know.
She was well aware that if they knew all the circumstances leading up to her marriage, they would shake their heads and say that Tessa Lorimer was incorrigible and this escapade was just what they would have expected of her.
I was never sure whether Miss Lorimer was the girl who screamed for help that night.
Thinkest thou not, William Lorimer, it were cautious and careful to put him and his hound outside the walls, to say nothing of his horse?
Meanwhile Lady De Aldithely had gone to the castle hall, when she sent a summons to William Lorimer to attend her there.
This duty done, Humphrey betook himself to the walls near the postern where he had before noticed William Lorimer apparently deeply engaged in reconnoitring and planning.
William Lorimer more pleasantly as he reflected that he would soon be rid of the prying serving-man.
But no less a person than William Lorimer had discovered that Fleetfoot had been left behind.