Meaning of ombrifuge | Babel Free

Definitions

A refuge from rain, especially an umbrella.

poetic, uncommon

Examples

“The belfry proves a fortress of a sort, / Has other uses than to teach the hour, / Turns sunscreen, paravent and ombrifuge.”

“And so forth; and, complete with hat and gloves, / One on and one a-dangle i, my hand, / And ombrifuge (Lord love you !), case o' rain, / I flopped forth, 'sbuddikins! on my own ten toes, […]”

“And truly a very remarkable year was that, well-nigh two centuries ago, when the first Ombrifuge, or Umbrella, was unfurled in London Streets.”

“The “ombrifuge” (I quote the undergraduate again) was a showy but not robust specimen of its kind, and owing to the immense weight of the water, and the impossibility of getting a good purchase, I made a mess of it.”

“To some their silken hats are dear, to some / Their overcoats of astrakhan or fur, / To me my ombrifuge, my childhood's chum. / He said, " I will inquire about it, Sir."”

“Laet—Would you have her wear Shoes & Stockings in this Heat? Or be seated like an Infanta beneath a silk Ombrifuge, canopied from the glorious Light?”

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