Durance

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Continuance; duration. ·see Endurance.

II. Durance ·noun Imprisonment; restraint of the person; custody by a jailer; duress. Shak.

III. Durance ·noun In modern manufacture, a worsted of one color used for window blinds and similar purposes.

IV. Durance ·noun A stout cloth stuff, formerly made in imitation of buff leather and used for garments; a sort of tammy or everlasting.