Obs. [Anglicized f. UMBRELLA; in first quot. ad. F. ombrelle.]
1. = UMBRELLA 1.
1603. Florio, Montaigne, III. ix. 583. These Vmbrels or riding canapies, which since the ancient Romanes, the Italians vse, doe more weary the armes, then ease the head.
1617. Moryson, Itin., III. 21. In hot regions, to avoid the heat of the sun in some places (as in Italy) they carry Umbrels, or things like a little canopy over their heads.
1694. D’Urfey, Don Quixote, I. 9. Thou shouldst walk in the Streets with thy Train held up, and two Embroidered Laqueys holding an Umbrel over thee.
2. (See quot.)
1688. Holme, Armoury, III. 271/1. Antiquity did ever set forth the Virgin Mary after this form with her Umbrel or Shady Hat.
