widow's weeds

English

Etymology

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

Noun

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
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