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Meanings of frill in English

Catalan
farbalà
Spanish
volante
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A strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim.

        farbalà

        Ornamental objects of no great value.

            An external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal.

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                  Examples for "ruff"
                  Examples for "ruff"
                  1
                  Over the Henri IV ruff fell the loose flesh of his jaws.
                  The Grey Cloak
                  2
                  Below the bare part of the neck there is a cinereous ruff.
                  Wanderings in South America
                  3
                  I held on to the ruff of her neck, just in case.
                  Kensuke’s Kingdom
                  4
                  Even the old-fashioned ruff gave her a sense of home and security.
                  A Book of Quaker Saints
                  5
                  Her curls fell upon the loose ruff of lace around her neck.
                  In the Days of Poor Richard
                  Usage of frill in English
                  1
                  The front has a deep frill tacked on all around the chair.
                  St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1...
                  2
                  A tuft of pink frill escaped from one side of the gag.
                  Storm Front
                  3
                  Nothing might she wear but her plain black frock and white frill.
                  The Late Miss Hollingford
                  4
                  I had an embroidered frill and very fine ruffles of point d'Alencon.
                  The Lock and Key Library: the Most Interesting Stories of All Na...
                  5
                  Round its hilt was a frill of paper, on which was scrawled:
                  A Tale of Two Cities
                  6
                  Their lace shirts were ornamented with an immense frill of Alencon point.
                  The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 2...
                  7
                  And that lace frill round your throat-whatsort of lace is it?
                  John Halifax, Gentleman
                  8
                  Just look at the success of proudly frill-free airlines like Spirit and Ryanair.
                  Wired
                  9
                  The frill of lace in her net dress needed to be changed .
                  The Brimming Cup
                  10
                  Mrs. Berry closed the frill of her nightgown and adjusted the bedclothes quietly.
                  The Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Volume 4
                  11
                  The obscure Hill was bound with a white frill of anticipation.
                  Muslin
                  12
                  These films never frill, being made of emulsion which has been made insoluble.
                  Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887
                  13
                  His shirt, without a frill, was fastened with three gold buttons.
                  Strange True Stories of Louisiana
                  14
                  MANE-Profuse ,extendingbeyond shoulder blades, forming ruff or frill round front of neck.
                  Dogs and All about Them
                  15
                  The gorget was the frill in front; the strip the lace cape or whisk.
                  Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820)
                  16
                  Carmichael rose instantly, white as the frill in his shirt.
                  The Goose Girl
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                  Spanish
                  volante
                  Frill through the time
                  Frill across language varieties
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