Word Meaning

Meaning of durance

- 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.