Obs. [a. F. vitchoura, a. Polish wilczura wolf-skin coat, f. wilk WOLF sb.] A style of lady’s mantle (see quots.) fashionable c. 1820–35. Also attrib.
1823. La Belle Assemblée, Dec., 269/1. Witzchoura pelisse of gros de Naples,… trimmed with a very broad border of swansdown.
1833. Ladies’ Pocket Mag., I. 38. The witchoura is a very ample mantle, made with a very deep collar, and cape, and long, loose sleeves.
1835. Court Mag., VI. p. v/1. It [the mantle] is of the Witzchoura form, drawn close at the back, with large Turkish sleeves, and a deep falling collar.
[1898. Lady Mary Loyd, trans. O. Uzanne’s Fashion in Paris, iii. 54. Witzchouras had not yet [c. 1806] come into vogue.]
