noun
- plural of cymar; a woman's loose jacket or short cloak, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries
Usage: archaic; historical fashion term
Examples
- The museum displayed several cymars from the 1700s.
- Ladies of the period wore cymars over their gowns for warmth and style.
- The portrait shows a woman in an elegant cymar trimmed with lace.
- Cymars were fashionable garments among European nobility.