Definizione monolingua

excelsior

excelsior (uncountable)

1. An originally trademarked name for stuffing material (as for furniture and mattresses) made of slender, curled wood shavings, as a substitute for hair.
   • 1942, Elliot Paul, The Last Time I Saw Paris, Sickle Moon 2001, p. 91:

     These little mangers, with baby dolls representing Jesus, porcelean Josephs and Marys, wide-eyed cows of papier-mâché, and excelsior for straw, were purchased by pious parents for well-behaved children at Christmas-tide.

excelsior (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Loftier, yet higher; ever upward

Definizione dizionario excelsior

Altri significati:

An originally trademarked name for stuffing material (as for furniture and mattresses) made of slender, curled wood shavings, as a substitute for hair.

(archaic) Loftier, yet higher; ever upward