English

Noun

barege ‎(plural bareges)

1. Alternative spelling of barège
   • 1908, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, The Shoulders of Atlas:

     Rose took out an old barege of an ashes-of-roses color.

   • 1900, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Pembroke:

     She moved, a stately high-hipped figure, her severe face almost concealed in a scooping green barege hood, to the centre of the floor, and stood there with a pose that might have answered for a statue of Judgment.

   • 1871, Eleanor Frances Poynter, My Little Lady:

     "Because her father--ah! bon jour, Madame--excuse me, Monsieur, but I go to pay my respects to Madame la Comtesse!" cried the Belgian, as an elderly red-faced lady, with fuzzy sandy hair, wearing a dingy, many-flounced lilac barege gown, came towards them along the gravel path.

   • 1852, Mary H. Eastman, Aunt Phillis's Cabin:

     She has on her blue barege dress, which implies her unvarying constancy.