- White fur
- Same as Miniver.
- A fur
- A type of fur
- Coronation robes fur
- Determined to hold white fur
- Fine fur
- Prized fur
- Some term in English for winter coat
- White fur
- A fur esteemed in the Middle Ages as a part of costume. It
is uncertain whether it was the fur of one animal only or of different
animals.
- The crab-eating ichneumon (Herpestes urva), native of India.
The fur is black, annulated with white at the tip of each hair, and a
white streak extends from the mouth to the shoulder.
- Large burrowing rodent
- A small South American rodent (Coelogenys paca), having
blackish brown fur, with four parallel rows of white spots along its
sides; the spotted cavy. It is nearly allied to the agouti and the
Guinea pig.
- The skin of the squirrel, much used in the fourteenth century
as fur for garments, and frequently mentioned by writers of that period
in describing the costly dresses of kings, nobles, and prelates. It is
represented in heraldry by a series of small shields placed close
together, and alternately white and blue.
- A large burrowing South American rodent (Lagostomus
trichodactylus) allied to the chinchillas, but much larger. Its fur is
soft and rather long, mottled gray above, white or yellowish white
beneath. There is a white band across the muzzle, and a dark band on
each cheek. It inhabits grassy plains, and is noted for its extensive
burrows and for heaping up miscellaneous articles at the mouth of its
burrows. Called also biscacha, bizcacha, vischacha, vishatscha.