beaver

Meaning

Noun

• A semiaquatic rodent of the genus Castor, having a wide, flat tail and webbed feet.
• A hat, of various shapes, made from a felted beaver fur (or later of silk), fashionable in Europe between 1550 and 1850.
• The pubic hair and/or vulva of a woman.
• The fur of the beaver.
• Beaver cloth, a heavy felted woollen cloth, used chiefly for making overcoats.
• A brown colour, like that of a beaver (also called beaver brown).
• A man who wears a beard.
• Alternate spelling of bevor

Related

Similar words

• castor, castoreum
• castorette
• castor

Origin

• Image:Biber-drawing.jpg|thumb|Beavers
• From Middle English bever, from Old English beofor ("beaver"), from Proto-Germanic *bebruz ("beaver") (compare West Frisian bever, Dutch bever, French bièvre, German Biber, dialectal Swedish bjur), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus ("beaver") (compare Welsh befer, Latin fiber, Lithuanian bẽbras, Russian бобр, Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬭𐬀, 𐬠𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬭𐬌, Sanskrit बभ्रु), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- ("brown"). Related to brown and bear.
• See bevor.