Crossword clues for sequin
sequin
- Spangle used to decorate clothing
- Adornment consisting of a small piece of shiny material used to decorate clothing
- Gown ornament
- Ducat
- Adornment of one of five Kent children?
- Shiny little thing Earl, 24, to visit Pride?
- Second of horses with tail docked shows shiny decoration
- Inquest briefly rubbished Glitter disc?
- Decorative shiny disc
- Sartorial sparkler
- Old coin of Italy
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sequin \Se"quin\, n. [F. sequin, It. zecchino, from zecca the mint, fr. Ar. sekkah, sikkah, a die, a stamp. Cf. Zechin.] An old gold coin of Italy and Turkey. It was first struck at Venice about the end of the 13th century, and afterward in the other Italian cities, and by the Levant trade was introduced into Turkey. It is worth about 9s. 3d. sterling, or about $2.25. The different kinds vary somewhat in value.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1610s, name of a former Italian and Turkish gold coin, from French sequin (17c.), from Italian zecchino, name of a Venetian coin, from zecca "a mint," from Arabic sikkah "a minting die." Meaning "ornamental disc or spangle" is first recorded 1882, from resemblance to a gold coin. Related: Sequined (1890).
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context historical English) Any of various small gold coins minted in Italy and Turkey. 2 A sparkling spangle used for the decoration of ornate clothing.
WordNet
Wikipedia
Sequins are disk-shaped beads used for decorative purposes. In earlier centuries, they were made from shiny metals. Today, sequins are most often made from plastic. They are available in a wide variety of colors and geometrical shapes. Sequins are commonly used on clothing, jewelry, bags, shoes and many other accessories.
Sequins are sometimes also referred to as spangles, paillettes, or diamantes, but technically differ. In costuming, sequins have a center hole, while spangles have the hole located at the top. Paillettes themselves are commonly very large and flat. Sequins may be stitched flat to the fabric, so that they do not move, and are less likely to fall off; or they may be stitched at only one point, so that they dangle and move easily, to catch more light. Some sequins are made with multiple facets, to increase their reflective ability.
Sequin may refer to:
- Sequin, a disk shaped bead
- Sequin (coin)
- Séquin, a family name
- Sequins (film), a 2004 French film titled Brodeuses in France
- Sequin and Knobel Swiss architects active in 1907. Herdings mill, Bocholt.
The sequin (; Venetian and ) is a gold coin weighing of .986 gold, minted by the Republic of Venice from the 13th century onwards.
The design of the Venetian gold ducat, or , remained unchanged for over 500 years, from its introduction in 1284 to the takeover of Venice by Napoleon in 1797. No other coin design has ever been produced over such a long historical period. The 500-year run of the is unique in history.
The reverse bears a motto in Latin hexameter: ("Christ, let this duchy that you rule be given to you").
Initially called " ducat" (), for the ruling Doge of Venice who was prominently depicted on it, it was called the , after the Zecca ( mint) of Venice, since 1543 when Venice began minting a silver coin also called a ducat. The name of the mint ultimately derives from (), meaning a coin mould or die.
In some regions, in later centuries, these type of coins were stitched to women's clothing such as headdresses – this eventually led to the origin of the more modern word "sequins" to denote small shiny, circular decorations. Following the Venetian model, similar coins were used for centuries throughout the Mediterranean. After two hundred years of continuous production, the Byzantine Empire imitated with the basilikon. In 1478, the Ottoman Empire introduced a similar unit. In 1535, the Knights Hospitaller of Malta did so. The Ottoman and the Maltese coins were also gold.
Coin collectors often try to accumulate a complete set of of "all the Doges."
Usage examples of "sequin".
I listened patiently to all the complaints of the mother who maintained that, in giving up the character of castrato, Therese had bidden adieu to fortune, because she might have earned a thousand sequins a year in Rome.
Until now I have earned twenty crowns, but I am afraid the lady will get tired of it, and you can make me earn two sequins by answering a line.
I was astonished when she calmly offered to make the countess madly in love with me for another twelve sequins, but I politely refused and advised her to abandon her fearful trade if she did not want to be burnt alive.
My brother, astonished at the sight of the twenty sequins, let me go away without a word.
When I went on board ship with the Bailo Jean Dona, I found another case given to me by him, containing two quintals of the best Mocha coffee, one hundred pounds of tobacco leaves, two large flagons filled, one with Zabandi tobacco, the other with camussa, and a magnificent pipe tube of jessamine wood, covered with gold filigrane, which I sold in Corfu for one hundred sequins.
I brought with me eight thousand livres in fair sequins, and knowing that in this happy commonwealth all men enjoyed the blessings of liberty, I believed that by utilizing my capital I might make a little income, and I began to lend money, on security.
Irene made him a profound bow as he made room for her by his side, and putting the hundred sequins before her she began by winning a hundred and twenty-five, as instead of going seven and the va, she only went the paix de paroli.
I sat at the left of Madame Isola-Bella, who began to play, and as there were fifteen or sixteen of us I had lost about fifty sequins when my turn came, for my harlequin had not appeared once.
After the procurator had gone I began to enjoy life at Trieste, but in strict moderation and with due regard for economy, for I had only fifteen sequins a month.
I was in need of one hundred sequins to discharge a few debts, and I begged M.
I explained my predicament in a few words, and giving him one sequin I begged his permission to shelter myself under his roof.
It came from his cousin the abbe, who begged the count to apologize to me for him if he was unable to pay the twenty sequins he had lost to me in the proper time, but that he would discharge his debt in the course of the week.
The worthy Mardocheus begged him to give me a hundred sequins in case I needed any money, adding that any politeness shewn to me would be as if shewn to himself.
The adjutant came back with a priest sent by the bishop, who told the captain that he should have the satisfaction as well as the damages he had claimed, but that he must be content with fifteen sequins.
She then left the parlour, ordering me to wait, and at the end of two hours she came back with a letter which she entrusted to my hands, telling me that, if I succeeded in finding you out and in bringing her an answer, she would give me two sequins.