Um-brēre'1, n.
n. [Written also umber and umbril.]
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n. [Written also umber and umbril.]
[From Lat. umbra, O. Fr. umbre, N. Fr. ombre, a shade. Cf. Pr. ombreira, ombrieira, a shady place.] A projection like the peak of a cap, to which a face-guard was sometimes attached, which moved freely upon the helmet, and could be raised like the beaver; an umbril; a visor. [Obs.] “But only vented up her umbriere.” Spenser.