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durance - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'durance' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Durance [ n.]
- Continuance; duration. See Endurance.
- Imprisonment; restraint of the person; custody by a jailer; duress. Shak.
- A stout cloth stuff, formerly made in imitation of buff leather and used for garments; a sort of tammy or everlasting.
- In modern manufacture, a worsted of one color used for window blinds and similar purposes.