widow's weeds

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English

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Etymology

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From (now) fossil word weeds (garments, esp. mourning garments), from Old English wǣd (garment).

Noun

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widow's weeds pl (plural only)

  1. (dated) black garments worn by widows in mourning
  2. (philately) a stamp bearing a portrait of Queen Victoria wearing mourning clothes