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Pronunciation
Verb
visard (third-person singular simple present visards, present participle visarding, simple past and past participle visarded)
- To mask.
Noun
visard (plural visards)
- A mask.
c. 1595–1596 (date written), W. Shakespere [i.e., William Shakespeare], A Pleasant Conceited Comedie Called, Loues Labors Lost. (First Quarto), London: W W for Cutbert Burby, published 1598, →OCLC; republished as Shakspere’s Loves Labours Lost (Shakspere-Quarto Facsimiles; no. 5), London: W Griggs, , , →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii], signature H3, recto:Nor to the motion of a Schoole-boyes tongue:
Nor neuer come in vizard to my friend, […]
- An oval mask of black velvet, worn by travelling women in the 16th century to protect their skin from sunburn.
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