Meanings of stiff ruff in anglès

A stiff ruff is at the neck, and similar smaller ones at the wrist.

The stiff ruff is the most distinctly old-fashioned feature.

Florentine Marie, with her carnation cheeks and opulent shoulders-theRoman-nosed Béarnais, with his pointed beard and stiff ruff.

The costume is of pale-yellow, in the manner of a corselet with wide, up-and-down stripes, a stiff ruff and buttons of topaz.

His head was thrown far back, pressing down the stiff ruff, on which it seemed to rest as if it were a platter.

She wore a high, stiff ruff, out of which peeped forth her head scarcely visible, and a long robe, like a stole, sweeping behind her.

At this, the delighted queen, sitting in stiff ruff and farthingale among her maids of honour, burst out above all the tumult with Oh, excellent!