chamarl (chamar)

[Repr. Hind. chamar, Beng. chāmār, etc., sell. Also chumar. chamar2 (cha-mär'), n. [E. Ind.; cf. Beng. and Marathi chamara, the tail of an ox used as a fly-flap.] 1. A fan of feathers or similar ma used in the East Indies as one of the insignia of royalty, and also in temples. 2. A fly-flap. chamarre (sha-mär'), n. [OF.] A loose outer garment for men, worn in Europe in the early part of the sixteenth century, and preceding the ca ock. It is said by some to have been purely ornamental, not cut in solid cloth, but made of strips or bands of velvet or silk held together by galoon. Chamarre, a loose and light gown (and le properly, a cloak), that may be worn a swash or skarf-wise; also a studded garment. Cotgrave.