frill

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You don't want curtains at all--just a frill is all that quaint window needs, with a shelf above it for a few bits of pottery.

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  1. noun A ruffled, gathered, or pleated border or projection, such as a fabric edge used to trim clothing or a curled paper strip for decorating the end of the bone of a piece of meat.
  2. noun A ruff of hair or feathers about the neck of an animal or a bird.
  3. noun A wrinkling of the edge of a photographic film.
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  • For those who resist, the payoff for choosing frugality over frill is an increase in highway fuel economy from 31 mpg to 34. —  FOXNews.com
  • She worked her way up without the frill, the money, or knowing someone. —  The Hill Chronicles
  • P. lakustai also differs from P. canadensis in smaller overall size and details of the ornamental spikes and bumps on its frill, according to the summary page of the newly released monograph describing this species. —  Hairy Museum of Natural History
  • Hotel Ibis Amsterdam City Centre is a no-frill, great location hotel. —  Europe String
  • McGibbet scratched his poll, and looked wistfully at his wife, but the kirk-frill was stiffened up with the moral starch, as aforesaid Suddenly, Picton looked out of the window. —  Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses
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cuff ·  cravat ·  ruff ·  scarf ·  kerchief ·  trimming ·  sash ·  drapery ·  lace ·  waistcoat ·  neckcloth ·  muslin

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frill:   frills
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Etymologies (5)

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  1. Origin unknown.

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  1. from Old French friller, shiver with cold, from frilleux, chill, cold of nature, French frileux, chill, from Middle Latin as if *frigidulosus, from Latin frigidulus, somewhat cold, diminutive of frigidus, cold: see frigid.
  2. from frill, v.
  3. A particular use of frill, n., a border of this kind being likened to the ruffling of a bird's feathers when it shivers with cold: see frill, n.
  4. from frill, n.
 

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