Durance /(?)/

Dur·ance

Durance

n.
  1. Continuance; duration. See Endurance. [Archaic]
    Of how short durance was this new-made state!
  2. Imprisonment; restraint of the person; custody by a jailer; duress. Shak.
    In durance, exile, Bedlam or the mint.
  3. A stout cloth stuff, formerly made in imitation of buff leather and used for garments; a sort of tammy or everlasting.
    Where didst thou buy this buff? let me not live but I will give thee a good suit of durance.
  4. In modern manufacture, a worsted of one color used for window blinds and similar purposes.