A weasel found in northern latitudes (Mustela erminea in Eurasia, Alaska, and the Arctic, Mustela haidarum in Haida Gwaii, Mustela richardsonii in the rest of North America); its dark brown fur turns white in winter, apart from the black tip of the tail.

To clothe with ermine.

(heraldry): In blazon, of the colour hermine (white with black spots).

plural of ermine

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ermine

(heraldry): In blazon, a heraldic fur of a black field. with white spots

Dressed in ermine. / (heraldry) Having an ermine tincture in a colour other than black and white

simple past tense and past participle of ermine

present participle of ermine

Obsolete form of ermine.