durance noun. ['djʊǝr(ǝ)ns] arch. LME.
[Old French, formed as DURE verb: see -ANCE.]
1. Continuance, duration. LME-L17.
b. Lasting quality, durability. L16-M19.

2. Imprisonment or forced confinement. Now esp. in in durance vile. Cf. DURESS 4. E16.

3. A hard-wearing woollen or worsted cloth, in appearance like buff leather. Cf. DURANT noun. L16-E18.

4. Endurance (of fatigue etc.). arch. L16.

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