Interest; there is no historical evidence that the mask he was said always to wear was made of anything but black velvet (velours), and it was only afterwards that legend converted its material into iron.   anvd [Please select]

And in the Traité d'Ornithologie the same author amplifies thus what he has written: 'Fou Manche de Velours; Sula dactylatra, Less.   anvd [Please select]

The gannets may have been 'manches de velours'--the name by which French mariners knew the Masked Gannet (_Sula cyanops_).   anvd [Please select]

MRS BREEN: (In smart Saxe tailormade, white velours hat and spider veil) Leopardstown.   anvd [Please select]