vorlages
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "Not content with the table displays, Daddy covered the sofa with our new ski-ing clothes, our beanies, vorlages, ankle-length tomato coloured pants, Mummy's furry earmuffs, their anoraks and my parka."
- "Next came the vorlages, copied from the Austrian guides, which are almost similar to the first trousers Mr Symonds designed for women. The vorlages have held the slopes against all comers ever since."
- "Another example of the same trap is vorlages. These tight-fitting trousers are only necessary for championship ski-ing where aerodynamic resistance is important, and yet everybody wears them!"
- ""Air suits me," she had remarked, for she had bought two pairs of black vorlages and matched them with a series of thick sweaters in black and orange patterns and an orange snood."
- "The main requirements of clothing are a suitable pair of trousers or vorlages and a waterproof windcheater jacket or anorak, and even these may be hired for the duration of one's holiday if desired."