meaning of durance
1. Continuance; duration. See Endurance.
2. Imprisonment; restraint of the person; custody by a jailer; duress. Shak.
3. A stout cloth stuff, formerly made in imitation of buff leather and used for garments; a sort of tammy or everlasting.
4. In modern manufacture, a worsted of one color used for window blinds and similar purposes.
5. imprisonment especially for a long time
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