Definitions for revers

revers re·vers

Spelling: [ri-veer, -vair]
IPA: /rɪˈvɪər, -ˈvɛər/

Revers is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 54 anagrams from letters in revers (eerrsv).

Definitions for revers

noun

  1. a part of a garment turned back to show the lining or facing, as a lapel.
  2. a trimming simulating such a part.
  3. the facing used.

Origin of revers

Borrowed into English from French around 1865-70

Examples for revers

The French, truer to their origin, still call them the "revers."

revers: La prise de Boston, l'arme anglaise fuyant vers le rivage pour s'embarquer, etc.

revers: Le gnral ennemi, la tte de son arme, prsente son pe au gnral Gates, la tte de l'arme amricaine.

revers: Le major monte l'assaut au travers d'un abatis d'arbres qu'il a fait rompre par sa troupe.

The vest and revers show the stripe as well as the underskirt.

The reference is, of course, to Artaria and Co. and the revers.

He pulled his revers together with a pompous gesture and opened his mouth to speak.

Rosa's dress was of a dark rose tint, with revers and a V-shaped neck, filled in with tulle of a dark green hue.

The V-shaped vesture gives her a longer waist, and the long lines of the revers add to the length of her skirt.

Throwing back the revers she felt inside around her waist, unfastened after a moment and drew forth a leathern strap.

Word Value for revers
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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