durance means A left tributary of the Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 85 out of 100.
durance is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒʊəɹəns/.
Etymology
Borrowed from French Durance.
name
- A left tributary of the Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
noun
- Imprisonment; forced confinement.“What bootes it him from death to be unbownd, / To be captived in endlesse duraunce / Of sorrow and despeyre without aleggeaunce!”
- Duration.
- Endurance, durability.“Fal. Thou ſay'ſt true Lad: is not my Hoſteſſe of the Tauerne a moſt ſweet Wench? / Prin. As is the hony, my old Lad of the Caſtle: and is not a Buffe Ierkin a moſt ſweet robe of durance?”