eure
/ˈɝ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.90 in modern English
4
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A left tributary of the Seine, in northwestern France, flowing through the departments of Orne, Eure-et-Loir and Eure.
Example Sentences
- "1630 December 20, Robert Nedham, knight viscount Killmorey, testament, quoted in 1800, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, Accounts and Papers […] and other Stuff remaining in my House and Grounds at Shavington except the hangings and other Furniture which is now used in the Dining Chamber at Shavington aforesaid and except my best Silver Bason and Eure and my Seal of Arms and also all my Armour in my Armory at Shavington all which before excepted I give and devise unto my said Son Robert Nedham to remain to him […]"
- "[…] Altar-Services; and among others, one made of Chrystal; Candlesticks, Crevets, a Bason and Eure, and the Foot of a Chalice, all of Amber."
- "After dinner, the Lord Maior and his Brethren in the behalfe of the Cittie and Cittizens of London, for testimonie of hearty welcome and their love, presented the Palsgrave with a very large bason and eure of silver richly guilded ..."
Etymology
Borrowed from French Eure.