Get to know Vair better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Vair meaning
- A type of fur from a squirrel with a grey back and white belly, much used on garments in the Middle Ages.
- An heraldic fur formed by a regular tessellation of bell shapes in two colours, (for example in the image, blue and white).
Using Vair
- The main meaning on this page is: A type of fur from a squirrel with a grey back and white belly, much used on garments in the Middle Ages. | An heraldic fur formed by a regular tessellation of bell shapes in two colours, (for example in the image, blue and white).
- In the example corpus, vair often appears in combinations such as: vair in, or vair, of vair.
Context around Vair
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 6 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Vair
- In this selection, "vair" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, gros, menu, counter, commonly, bell and bellies stand out and add context to how "vair" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include city said vair in a and fur is vair. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "vair" sits close to words such as aanholt, aardwolf and abati, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with vair
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He wears a blue helmet adorned with another lion, and his cloak is lined in vair. (16 words)
Although it is really just a variation of vair, it is frequently treated as a separate fur. (17 words)
Hosting the Memorial Cup brings “significant economic benefits” to the host city, said Vair in a report to council. (19 words)
At one time vair commonly came in three sizes, and this distinction is sometimes encountered in continental heraldry; if the field contains fewer than four rows, the fur is termed gros vair or beffroi; if of six or more, it is menu-vair, or miniver. (45 words)
In the modern form, the bells are depicted with straight lines and sharp angles, and meet only at points; in the older, undulating pattern, now known as vair ondé or vair ancien, the bells of each tincture are curved and joined at the base. (44 words)
The slipper was probably made of squirrel fur, but the change to glass came about as a result of a translation mix up: the French word for glass is ‘verre’ and white squirrel fur is ‘vair’. (36 words)
Example sentences (10)
At one time vair commonly came in three sizes, and this distinction is sometimes encountered in continental heraldry; if the field contains fewer than four rows, the fur is termed gros vair or beffroi; if of six or more, it is menu-vair, or miniver.
When alternating rows are reversed as in counter-vair, and then displaced by half the width of one bell, it is termed vair in point, or wave-vair.
A form peculiar to German heraldry is alternate vair, in which each vair bell is divided in half vertically, with half argent and half azure.
In German heraldry one may encounter kursch, or vair bellies, depicted as brown and furry; all of these probably originated as variations of vair.
In the modern form, the bells are depicted with straight lines and sharp angles, and meet only at points; in the older, undulating pattern, now known as vair ondé or vair ancien, the bells of each tincture are curved and joined at the base.
Hosting the Memorial Cup brings “significant economic benefits” to the host city, said Vair in a report to council.
The slipper was probably made of squirrel fur, but the change to glass came about as a result of a translation mix up: the French word for glass is ‘verre’ and white squirrel fur is ‘vair’.
Although it is really just a variation of vair, it is frequently treated as a separate fur.
He wears a blue helmet adorned with another lion, and his cloak is lined in vair.
When the same patterns are composed of tinctures other than argent and azure, they are termed vairé or vairy of those tinctures, rather than vair; potenté of other colours may also be found.
Common combinations with vair
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- vair in 3×
- or vair 2×
- of vair 2×