English Dictionary

durance

/ˈd͡ʒʊəɹəns/

noun

(obsolete) Duration. / (obsolete) Endurance. / (archaic) Imprisonment; forced confinement.

The durance of the storm lasted for hours.

意味（1）

(obsolete) Duration.

意味（2）

(obsolete) Endurance.

O the mind, mind has mountains; cliffs of fall / Frightful, sheer, no-man-fathomed. Hold them cheap / May who ne’er hung there. Nor does long our small / Durance deal with that steep or deep.

意味（3）

(archaic) Imprisonment; forced confinement.

What bootes it him from death to be unbownd, / To be captived in endlesse duraunce / Of sorrow and despeyre without aleggeaunce!