"widow's weeds" meaning in All languages combined

See widow's weeds on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Etymology: From (now) fossil word weeds (“garments, esp. mourning garments”), from Old English wǣd (“garment”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|weeds|t=garments, esp. mourning garments}} weeds (“garments, esp. mourning garments”), {{inh|en|ang|wǣd|t=garment}} Old English wǣd (“garment”) Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} widow's weeds pl (plural only)
  1. (dated) black garments worn by widows in mourning Tags: dated, plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-widow's_weeds-en-noun-syPfT2Bp
  2. (philately) a stamp bearing a portrait of Queen Victoria wearing mourning clothes Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Philately, Clothing
    Sense id: en-widow's_weeds-en-noun-7R8~3Zm3 Disambiguation of Clothing: 1 99 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English pluralia tantum, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 21 79 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 28 72 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 32 68 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, philately

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